Major General Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), issued a stern caution to those with intentions of disrupting the upcoming governorship elections on November 11 in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi.
Musa delivered this warning during his remarks to reporters following the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting in Abuja.
The CDS reassured the residents of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi not to be apprehensive. He pledged the complete backing of the Armed Forces in collaboration with the police to ensure that the elections in these states proceed smoothly and impartially.
“The Armed Forces, the police and other security agencies would be on ground. Every Nigerian, we are sure, is tired of elections with violence and this will try to make a difference.
“We want, at the end of the day, every Nigerian should be proud of, first to be a Nigerian and to understand that elections are now free and fair.
“We want everybody who wins our elections to be happy that he won very well without any intimidation,’’ Musa said.
Musa said that a warning had already been sent to security personnel to be deployed for the elections that whoever misbehaved during the elections would face the consequences.
The army chief advised that the presence of security agencies in the three states should not concern anybody but those with plans to disrupt the polls.