President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Armed Forces and
other security agencies to ensure that nothing stops the November 6
governorship election in Anambra State.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana
Monguno (rtd), announced this to State House correspondents at the end of
Thursday’s security meeting chaired by the president.
Monguno said Buhari gave the directive in response to the
heightened security challenges in Anambra, orchestrated by the outlawed
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
“The President has directed that under no circumstances will
anything be allowed to stop the elections from taking place successfully. The
people have a right to vote and select their leader.”
“No group or individual will be allowed to stimulate anarchy
and chaos, leading to murderous activities. The president has made it very
clear that the Armed Forces and all law enforcement agencies must make sure
that the elections take place even if it means overwhelming the entire
environment with the presence of security agencies.
“There are so many implications for elections to be
sabotaged by non-state actors; in the first place, we are in a democracy,
secondly it is important to note that if these non-state actors should succeed
in destroying the potentials for orderly elections, then it is natural that other
parts of the country would also want to copy this same situation,” he said.
The NSA said in the last two months, the military had
recorded a lot of successes in the fight against insurgency in the North East.
The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, who also
attended the meeting, expressed the readiness of the police to gurantee peace
in Anambra and all other parts of the country.
“In particular, we talked about the Anambra governorship
election coming on 6th of November and we want to assure the people of Anambra
State and all Nigerians that the government is committed to conducting that
election.”
“The election has to be free and fair, we are going to put
every machinery in place to ensure that people are well secured. That is the
only way to ensure that we promote democracy and good governance in this
country,” he said.
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