Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has assured voters and people of Anambra State that the November 6 governorship election will hold as scheduled even as the candidates are set to sign the Peace Pact today.
Speaking during a meeting held at the INEC headquarters in Awka, he stressed that the commission, in collaboration with all the security agencies, is ready for a free, fair, and credible poll.
He urged security agencies to do everything possible towards ensuring sanity and orderliness before, during, and after the process.
Speaking at the meeting, the INEC boss also revealed that the candidates and political parties would today (Wednesday), during a stakeholders meeting, sign a peace accord to commit to a free and fair election.
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He said the signing of the peace accord was part of measures to ensure peaceful conduct of the election
The Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr Echeng Echeng, said all boundaries linking the state with others would be locked down on Thursday night as part of measures to guarantee security within and outside the state.
He said during the period, vehicles and movement would not be allowed into the state, stressing that several camps of hoodlums have been identified and were being seriously monitored.
The CP also decried the ugly narratives from outsiders about the security situation in parts of the state.
In a related development, 13 governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday stormed the grand finale of the party’s governorship candidate, Valentine Ozigbo. They vowed to resist any plot to rig the election.
Chairman of the PDP National Campaign Council for Anambra State governorship election, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, stated this during the party’s mega rally in Awka, to cap its campaign for the election.
Ikpeazu, who was accompanied by governors Ifeanyi Okowa and Seyi Makinde of Delta and Oyo states respectively, reiterated the readiness of the PDP to ‘take back’ the country from the All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023 general elections.
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