The Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that the upcoming November 18
governorship election in Anambra State will be one of the best ever.
INEC made the declaration while
dismissing threats by a pro-Biafra group calling for the boycott of the poll.
The leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu had called on his followers to boycott the
election and other elections in the South East until Federal Government fixed a
date for a referendum.
Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State,
INEC National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Osun and Ekiti State, Chief
Adedeji Soyebi, said the threat over the conduct of the election should be seen
as a security challenge.
Soyebi expressed confidence that
security agencies can take care of the situation.
According to Soyebi, people of
the state should expect a free and fair election come November 18.
He said, “We are ahead of time,
continuous voter registration in Anambra have been concluded and in three or
four weeks’ time, all the registered voters must have collected their voter
cards.
“We are going to conduct the
election by law, so the threat is just a security challenge and I am sure the
security apparatus have strategised on how to take good care of it.
“The election will be one of the
best elections they have ever witnessed.
“So, Anambra people should expect
a peaceful, free, fair and credible poll.”
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