Nigerian poll: Security boosted in Imo

  1. Posted on Friday 6 May 2011 - 13:00
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    Samuel Okocha, AfricaNews reporter in Lagos, Nigeria
    Thousands of policemen have been deployed to the four local government areas in Imo State, south eastern Nigeria where supplementary governorship and House of Assembly elections hold Friday. The measure is aimed at ensuring peaceful and credible supplementary elections, Deputy Inspector General of Police DIG, Ivy Okoronkwo said.
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    “Thuggery and hooliganism will not be tolerated and anybody caught with any offensive weapon will have himself or herself to blame; to be forewarned is to be forearmed,’’ Nigerian Observer quoted her as saying.

    The main contestants in the Imo State guber poll are incumbent governor Ikedi Ohakim of the ruling People’s Democratic Party and Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressive Grand Alliance who was reportedly ahead in the main elections held last week.

    Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had rescheduled the supplementary elections in four local government areas after the April 26 governorship elections were declared inconclusive.

    The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwa, said over ninety percent of the commission’s staff involved in the elections were drafted from six other states to ensure credibility of the rescheduled poll.

    “ We are here to ensure a free, fair and credible election; we have put everything in place to do that and we will do just that,’’ Ikoiwa said as he called on eligible voters to ensure a successful exercise by going out to vote for their choice candidates.

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