No federal might in 2019 elections – Police

Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone C, Samuel Ogunjemi, has said that there will be no use of federal might in the 2019 general elections .

AIG Ogunjemi warned politicians in Ebonyi State against electoral violence, saying the police would deal decisively with any politician who engaged in violence.

Ogunjemi spoke in Abakaliki yesterday while addressing stakeholders of Ebonyi state and members of other ethnic groups in the state

“Violence will not be tolerated whether from APC, PDP, SDP or Labour Party we don’t want violence. Your power is your PVCs, it is the voting power you have. If you like a party, if you like a person or candidate, take your voting card and vote. If it will take the whole of the day for you to cue, do that.

“If you want to do empowerment, do it now so that the people can vote for you. But it is not for you to create some thugs and think with that you will be able to overrun your opponent and will. The police will not sit idle and watch that happen.

“If you create problems or you bring thugs, we are going to deal with you mercilessly, very ruthlessly . We are going to deal with you very ruthlessly and we have that instruction and we are going to implement it to the later and we wouldn’t want that to happen here.

“One of the Chairmen(APC) is here and since he is here I also want to make it clear that there is nothing like federal might. We are neutral and we are going to remain neutral. Our function is to

maintain security; credible, inclusive, free and fair elections.

“Without security all these cannot be achieved and that is why you have to corporate with us in the forthcoming elections to make sure the state remain peaceful the way it is”, he said.

He said the police under his watch would not be involved in

ballot box snatching or colluding with anyone to disrupt the electoral process during the general elections. all