Anambra Governorship Election : APGA, Others Oppose INEC Decision To Store Election Materials In Owerri

come with national service with regards to the Nigeria Police Force, the onus lies on the wives to give their husbands support to serve better.

The IGP’s wife, while explaining her three-point POWA vision which centres on education, welfare and health, said she looks forward to seeing Police wives and children live better, pledging to check up on those empowered to ensure that they use the equipment to help their families In her speech, the Anambra State Governor’s wife, Dr Obiano said the intervention could not have come at a better time, noting that what happened to the Nigeria Police Force during the ugly EndSARS time actually demoralized both Policemen and their families. Dr Obiano, who said that the empowerment would go a long way in emboldening Police families and encouraging the women, commended the IGP’s wife for taking a different step in her capacity to motivate and change the face of the organization. Relating the IGP’s wife’s gesture to her CAFE’s accomplishments, the Governor’s wife said that her interest in children, women and youths, especially the less privileged has yielded great results, with over five thousand women and youths trained and empowered by her NGO, over twenty eight free houses built for indigent widows in Anambra State, among others. Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Owalabi, Commissioner for Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, wife of Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9, Mrs Faustina Egbunike and Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Chieftaincy Matters and Community Relations, Barrister VeraQueen Okonkwo, among others were present at the event.

The Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Political Matters, Barrister Ifeatu Obiokoye, has said the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and the people of the State, will reject the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use its facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, for storage of non-sensitive materials meant for the November six governorship election in Anambra State. Speaking with Journalists in Awka, Barrister Obiokoye said INEC will face strong resistance if it fails to reverse its decision, alleging that the idea was put in place to rig the polls in favour of a particular political party. The Governor’s aide, who recalled that following rumours that some ad-hoc staff and returning officers for the Anambra election were being recruited from the Imo State University, a letter was sent out expressing rejection of the State or any other APC State involving actively in the Anambra election, explained that in the next few days, all the political parties taking part in the Anambra election, except APC, will sign a communiqué, which will be forwarded to INEC. But citing the destruction of INEC office in Anambra as its reason, the Commission, through its national Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had announced that it would use INEC office in Imo State to organize movement of non-sensitive materials for the Anambra governorship election. Barrister Obiokoye, who advised INEC to use the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, office in the State to store it’s materials if reasons given for the choice of Imo State are cogent, expressed worry that for more than four months after INEC office was destroyed in Anambra, the decision to use Imo State is coming to the public domain for the first time, describing it as mischievous.