Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, says the police are
colluding with “enemies of the state” to disrupt Saturday’s local government
election.
Earlier today, the Rivers police command said its officers
would not provide security for the conduct of the local government election in
the state.
In a thread on X, Fubara accused police officers in the
state and those from the force headquarters in Abuja of being “in cahoots with
forces aligned against our state to create a state of anarchy”.
“This morning, l addressed a press conference alerting
the world on the conspiratorial
plot by some officers & men
of the policeNG from both the State command & the Force HQ, Abuja who are
in cahoots with forces aligned against our State to create a state of anarchy,”
he said.
“This was sequel to
the unwholesome invasion of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission
office at the early hours of today, Friday, October 4, 2024.
“The reason for their invasion was to break into the RSIEC
offices and cart away sensitive election materials with the intention of
truncating the LGA elections scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, October 5, 2024.
“However, the courage and boldness of Rivers people who
joined us to resist the dastardly act, saved the situation. The World press conference afforded us the opportunity
of reassuring our people that the election will hold despite the withdrawal of
@PoliceNG, with the excuse of being in possession of a federal High Court
judgment barring its officers from participating in election duties.
“We strongly believe
that other security agencies are participating and will provide the necessary
security coverage for the voters.”
On September 30, a federal high court in Abuja barred the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the 2023 voter
register to RSIEC.
The court also barred the inspector-general of police and
the Department of State Services (DSS) from providing security for the election
in the state.
On October 2, INEC said it had not released the voter
register to RSIEC for the conduct of the election, in deference to the judgment
of the federal high court.
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