Paul Ibe, the spokesman of the
2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku
Abubakar, said on Saturday the Rivers State local government election may usher
in a new dispensation of better polls without police.
He was reacting to the
withdrawal of police from the Rivers local government election.
Posting on X, Ibe wrote: “The
withdrawal of the @PoliceNG from today’s #RiversLGAPolls2024 will confirm to
the whole world the anti-democratic elements and institutions in Nigeria.
“The outcome of the election
may usher in a new regime in which our elections are better off without the
police.”
Reports had it that voting went
on peacefully in the local government elections in Rivers State despite the
police barring officers from providing security for the exercise.
Election officials were seen
conducting accreditation and voting simultaneously at a polling unit in Ikoku
Area, Units 14 and 15 in Port Harcourt City Ward 18.
Yesterday, the Rivers State
Police Command announced its withdrawal from the local government election.
Spokesman of the state police
command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement titled “Proposed October 5th,
2024 Local Government Chairman Election,” confirmed receiving a restraining
order preventing them from providing security during the LGA elections.
The command also said it was
aware of the 30th September 2024 Court judgement from the Federal High Court
Abuja, which bars the Force from participating in the election.
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