Police Dismiss Rumour Of Alleged Murder Of INEC Chairman In Anambra
Contingent Commander, Ehide introduces Lagos State Police Command, Ward Ogbu to Amisom Mogadishu Regional Commander of the Nigeria Formed Police Unit, Mustapha Alamutu, on 6th January 2014 at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. Ward Ogbu had arrived with seventy officers to replace seventy officers who were leaving Mogadishu after completing their rotation. The AMISOM Police which comprises Ugandan, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Sierra Leoneian police,has the mandate to provide mentoring and advisory support to SPF on basic police duties, such as human rights observation, crime prevention strategies, community policing, search procedures and investigations. AU UN IST PHOTO / David Mutua
The Anambra State Police Command has responded to the news on social media about the alleged killing of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in the state.
There are claims that Yakubu was assassinated on Tuesday, by gunmen, a deadly gang that has been terrorizing the South-East region.
The Zonal PRO/Head of Police Media Team for the Anambra governorship election, DSP Nkeiruka Nwode, in a statement signed and made available to Tribune Online in Awka, on Tuesday night, debunked the circulating information.
She said Yakubu held a stakeholders meeting in Awka today (Tuesday) and stated the preparedness of the commission to hold a peaceful election in the state, slated for Saturday, (November 6, 2021).
The statement read in part; The attention of the Anambra State Police command has been drawn to the news trending on social media and other conventional media on the purported killing of the chairman Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) where media were giving different correlations.
For the avoidance of doubt and the purpose of clarity, the command wishes to state that the Independent Electoral Commission Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu held a stakeholder meeting in Awka today November 2, 2021, and stated the preparedness of the commission to hold a peaceful election in the state. While the security agencies is ever ready to enforce their statutory responsibility to ensure a hitch-free exercise.
The CP hereby urges the journalist and other well-meaning individuals to join the fight against crime reporting contents that don’t contrast the current state of security in the society as they too should be agents of Law and order.
In view of the foregoing, the CP want to state unequivocally that the publication is false and absolutely misleading. It is a figment of imagination deliberately orchestrated by the mischief-makers to cause unnecessary tension and chaos in the polity, the statement concluded.
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