Security operatives taking part in the Rivers state rerun election have been instructed to deal decisively with troublemakers.
President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed security agencies to
deal decisively with troublemakers who may want to violate the sanctity
of the electoral process in the federal and state legislative rerun
elections holding in Rivers State on Saturday, Punch reports.
He instructed security agents to exhibit professionalism and
non-partisanship in the discharge of their constitutional duties even in
the face of extreme provocations,
Buhari also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to
do all within its powers to conduct free and transparent election in the
state.
The President’s directive was contained in a statement made
available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Mr. Femi Adesina.
The order came barely 24 hours after chieftains of the ruling All
Progressives Congress including state governors elected on the party’s
platform told party supporters in Port Harcourt to see the rerun as “the election of our lives.”
“The rerun elections should not be seen as a do-or-die affair
to the extent that people will be killed, maimed and property destroyed
in a mindless display of crude primitive instincts. Innocent blood
should never be sacrificed on the altar of political contest for
temporary power,” the President warned.
Buhari restated his administration’s commitment to deepening
democracy in the country by enthroning a legacy of respect for the
wishes of the people through free, fair and credible elections devoid of
intimidation and violence throughout the federation.
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