The Zamfara State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over absence security personnel especial Policemen in most of the polling units across the State in the ongoing Governorship and State Assembly elections on Saturday.
The party, in a statement through the Dauda Lawal Media Office in Gusau, stated that elections were yet to commence in many polling units in the State.
Though in some States, concern have heightened over alleged moves by sitting governors to rig the elections by all means possible.
The statement reads in parts: “It is worrisome the situation in Zamfara State at the moment, because elections are yet to commence in most of the polling units across the state.
“The Police that is expected to provide security for INEC officials, election materials, and voters are nowhere to be found.
“The Zamfara State PDP is worried and believes that this is a plan by the state government to resort to extra-judicial means to compromise the process.
“There is already information of thugs attacking voters in Gummi, Zurmi, Bungudu, Mafara, and Shinkafi Local Government Areas.
“We call on the Inspector General of Police to call the Zamfara State commissioner of police to order. The police should be neutral, not partisan.
“It is only the security operatives that can thwart the plan to further compromise the electoral officers, thus making the falsification of results much easier than it was in the previous exercise.”
