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Live Security Situation Reports from Anambra Governorship Election 2021

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3 years ago

Nov 5, 2021.

Live Security Situation Reports from Anambra Governorship Election 2021
The IGP stated that the restriction order was required as a result of findings from the Force’s election security risks assessments
This post will be updated as the event unfolds

EKO HOT BLOG reports that various stakeholders including media platforms are ready ahead of the November 6th, Saturday Anambra State Governorship election.

In this post, we will provide you with the most recent security status and security threats from Anambra’s 21 local government areas.

Anambra Governorship Election

According to EKO HOT BLOG, with barely twenty-four hours to tomorrow’s governorship election in Anambra State, a coalition of civil society organisations yesterday criticized the hostile climate in the state, which they alleged was being exacerbated by security forces.

“Drafted security forces are escalating and heightening tensions, panics and fears among Anambra voters by engaging in indiscriminate shootings, mindless brutalities and chanting of offensive ethno-religious slogans,” the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), the Southeast Zone of the Civil Liberties Organization (Southeast CLO) and the Southeast Based Coalition of Democracy and Human Rights Organizations (SBCHROs), said.

EKO HOT BLOG had earlier reported that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, ordered a 24-hour restriction of vehicular movement in and out of Anambra State from 11:59pm on Friday, November 5, 2021 to 11:59pm on Saturday, November 6, 2021, as some residents flee to neighbouring states.

The IGP stated that the restriction order was required as a result of findings from the Force’s election security risks assessments, which showed a high chance of criminally motivated persons infiltrating Anambra State before, during, and after the polls.

Meanwhile, following the intervention of traditional and religious leaders, and Igbo elders, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday cancelled its seven-day sit-at-home directive that would have started today, and denied issuing poll boycott order.

In readiness for a credible and peaceful election, the 18 governorship candidates, yesterday signed a peace accord as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, began distribution of electoral materials to the 21 LGAs of the state.

On a day that former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, retd, urged Anambra people to maintain peace during the poll, the Anambra State Government and the Police bickered over an alleged plan to arrest government officials on fabricated charges.

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