Gubernatorial election: CP cautions against violence, thuggery in A/Ibom

Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, the Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Olatoye has warned politicians in the state to shun politics of bitterness and the use of thugs during the Saturday Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections. NEWSDIARY reports.

Durosinmi stated the warning during the signing of a Peace Accord by gubernatorial candidates at the police headquarters in Uyo on Tuesday.Information Guide Nigeria

“We are here to sign a peace accord. We are here to talk to each other and interact. We are to talk and see if there were lapses in the last election, that we can correct something we didn’t do well on the part of politicians.

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“Anything we have not done well on the part of security agencies, we are all here to listen to you. All that we are aiming at is peaceful election on March 18, 2023, and better elections that we will be proud of.NYSC Portal

“So, the gubernatorial election is the one that concerns all of us and everyone is ready but we want to send a strong warning that in Akwa Ibom, we want to have zero tolerance for thuggery.

“We are aware that some people are going to wear oversized uniforms on that day. We are aware that some people will wear uniforms with a big beard that they forgot to trim, so we know them.

“We are also aware that they will use newly painted police or military vehicles, we are aware of it and we have remedies to it.

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