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Politicians Importing Mercenaries, Thugs To Rig Akwa Ibom Polls – CSO

by Iniobong Ekponta
2 years ago
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Akwa Ibom Polls
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Amid growing tension over the now shifted governorship and House of Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State, a civil society organisation (CSO), Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CRARN), has accused desperate politicians of importing mercenaries and thugs to rig the election.

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At a press conference in Uyo, the state capital yesterday, the group hinted of intelligence information at its disposal, concerning importation of foreign mercenaries by desperate politicians to work with the local thugs, to rig the polls in their favour.

The state director of CRARN, Otuekong Franklyn Isong, urged security agencies to ensure they use the one-week window given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), within which to conduct the exercise on March 18, as a mop – up period to nip the impending violence in the bud.

Isong, who spoke against the backdrop of the last presidential and National Assembly elections in which a bus load of fake Army personnel and some INEC officials were intercepted by troops and handed over to the police, called on the police operatives and other security agencies to beef up security, in violence – prone areas as well as the riverine communities with difficult terrains.

He said: “Worrisome to us is the fact that our intelligence network however reveals that some politicians in Akwa Ibom State are perfecting plots to import thugs as well as real or fake security personnel from neighbouring states, particularly Rivers, Abia and Bayelsa states, with the intention to subvert the vote and wishes of the Akwa Ibom people during the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections that have been rescheduled for March 18.

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“We hereby call on the Nigerian police and other law enforcement agencies to be on alert and rise to the occasion of ensuring that the state remains peaceful while Akwa Ibom people go out enmasse to elect the governor and state Assembly members of their choice, come Saturday 11th March 2023.

“We urge the security agencies in the state to pay serious attention to our riverine and border communities before, during and after the elections.

“We appeal to the political class, particularly the governorship candidates and their supporters not to approach the forthcoming elections with the do-or-die spirit, but with the spirit of sportsmanship.”


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