Anambra Governorship
Election: Peter Obi’s
movement restricted on november 16, 2013 at 1:46
pm in news By Vincent Ujumadu In spite of the immunity
enjoyed by Gov. Peter Obi and
his being the Chief Security
Officer of the State, he was
Saturday prevented from
moving freely around the State because of the governorship
election. When newsmen visited the
Government Lodge, Gov. Obi
was busy treating his files.
When he was asked while he
was not moving around, he
disclosed that security men asked him not to as a result of
the curfew imposed on the
State for peaceful election. Obi who however left the
Lodge at 11:50 for
accreditation at his house in
Agulu had to do so with Police
clearance. None of his security
followed him as police men on election duty escorted him to
the place and back to the
lodge. *Gov Peter Obi Obi who said he had no
problem with the arrangement,
said he would support any
measure taken to guarantee
free and fair election at all
times. He said though he had no idea while the restriction
should affect him as the Chief
Security Officer, but that it was
part of the sacrifice for the
sanctity of the electoral
process. Commenting on the restriction
of Mallam El Rufai, Obi who
confessed to hearing about
that for the first time
wondered why he left Katsina
for Anambra State. He said though the restriction affected
everybody and should be
understood as part of
measures to ensure free and
fair election, he wondered why
some Nigerians enjoy putting up reckless behaviour that
would only led to lawlessness.
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Is Gov. Obi a registered observer in this election ffor his political party? If INEC accredited El-Rufai as one of his party's delegate to monitor the elections, why should his movement be restricted?

Kingspin:

Commenting on the restriction
of Mallam El Rufai, Obi who
confessed to hearing about
that for the first time
wondered why he left Katsina
for Anambra State.

Official hypocrisy or Pretentious Ignorance? So our constitution no longer guarantees freedom of movement? So someone from Katsina(meanwhile el-Rufai is from Kaduna) is not welcome in Anambra. Has Obi forgotten his arguments during his battle with the LASG on the illegal deportation of some Anambrans? That the laws of the land guarantees Personal liberty(Section 35), Freedom of Movement and right of residence in any part of the country(Section 41)!!!