January 8, 2019
By Ijendu Iheaka
The Abia state Commissioner for Police, Mr Chris Ezike says that major political parties in the state are guilty of destruction of election campaigns' billboards and posters.
Ezike said this during an interview with our reporter in Aba while reacting to cqmplaints coming from All Peoples' Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) alleging that the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) members were paying thugs to destroy their campaign posters.
He said the command had initiated measures to tackle the situation in order to stem possible clashes.
He warned that police would not tolerate further destruction of election campaign posters in the state to avoid breakdown of law and order
He said that the politicians in Abia state are culpable for hiring thugs to go by night to destroy their opponent's campaign billboards and posters.
"They are all guilty across board. They employ miscreants to go in the wee hours to remove posters and destroy billboards.
"The major political parties are guilty across the board but I would not want talk about that now because we have a meeting of Abia state Consultative Committee on Election tomorrow and after that we will address the press.
"We are going to talk about that because the meeting will be on pre, post and the elections proper.
"There are so many activities before, after and during the election, the campaigns, rallies, processions , all of them have their rules and regulations and does not allow for violence, thuggery and so on
"The rules are clear. Nobody has the right to destroy anybody's billboards, or engage in violence and thuggery", he said.
He said that two cases bothering on campaign billboards destruction have been reported to his office and were being investigated.
Ezike said the two cases happened in Nkporo, Ohafia local government and Isiala Ngwa North and South local government areas.
He said that another which happened in Umuahia had been resolved having involved the Abia State Sinage Agency responsible for regulating advertising.
Ezike said that all the reported cases of campaign material destruction were at various stages of investigation, stressing that the issue would be addressed tomorrow so that the criminals would not claim ignorance of the law.
By Ijendu Iheaka
The Abia state Commissioner for Police, Mr Chris Ezike says that major political parties in the state are guilty of destruction of election campaigns' billboards and posters.
Ezike said this during an interview with our reporter in Aba while reacting to cqmplaints coming from All Peoples' Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) alleging that the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) members were paying thugs to destroy their campaign posters.
He said the command had initiated measures to tackle the situation in order to stem possible clashes.
He warned that police would not tolerate further destruction of election campaign posters in the state to avoid breakdown of law and order
He said that the politicians in Abia state are culpable for hiring thugs to go by night to destroy their opponent's campaign billboards and posters.
"They are all guilty across board. They employ miscreants to go in the wee hours to remove posters and destroy billboards.
"The major political parties are guilty across the board but I would not want talk about that now because we have a meeting of Abia state Consultative Committee on Election tomorrow and after that we will address the press.
"We are going to talk about that because the meeting will be on pre, post and the elections proper.
"There are so many activities before, after and during the election, the campaigns, rallies, processions , all of them have their rules and regulations and does not allow for violence, thuggery and so on
"The rules are clear. Nobody has the right to destroy anybody's billboards, or engage in violence and thuggery", he said.
He said that two cases bothering on campaign billboards destruction have been reported to his office and were being investigated.
Ezike said the two cases happened in Nkporo, Ohafia local government and Isiala Ngwa North and South local government areas.
He said that another which happened in Umuahia had been resolved having involved the Abia State Sinage Agency responsible for regulating advertising.
Ezike said that all the reported cases of campaign material destruction were at various stages of investigation, stressing that the issue would be addressed tomorrow so that the criminals would not claim ignorance of the law.
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