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2015 Election postponement: An indictment on Nigeria Police by Nobody: 3:49pm On Feb 27, 2015 |
What the postponement implies is that the Nigerian POLICE is not capable of uphold security of life and property of the Nigerian citizen and taxpayers. This dealth a blow incompetence and serve as a vote of no confidence to the ability of the Nigerian police to carry out its primary duty of safeguarding life and properties of Nigeria in civil processes and during peace time. This indictment dealt a death-blow to their already established poor reputation of being brutish and extra-judicial in the discharge of the duty In the week before the 2011 elections, harassment of opposition figures intensified, with many arrested in several states and taken to Abuja, affecting their campaigns and frightening their supporters. Instead of providing security, the police were often deliberately used to scuttle the electoral process. There were several cases where they looked the other way while under-age voting, stuffing of ballot boxes and false thumb-printing occurred. Sometimes they were used by Party chieftains to hijack ballot boxes from electoral officials at gunpoint; reportedly “soldiers and police also took part in moving ballot boxes and papers from one polling Both the minister for police affairs and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), said a large number of armoured personnel carriers, AK-47s and other sophisticated weapons had been acquired to ensure election security during the 2011 election. Yet, incidents abounded. Most involved official harassment of opposition leaders on the eve of the elections, failure to secure election materials and preempt incidents during the polls or ruthless repression of protests following the announcement of results. Underlying all this was the tendency of security personnel to acquiesce to, or actively collaborate with parties in rigging the elections. What a shame! |
Re: 2015 Election postponement: An indictment on Nigeria Police by Nobody: 11:54am On Feb 28, 2015 |
Police can regain their lost image and acceptability by refusing to be used as party thugs, ballot snatchers,and being used for fraudulent and massive thumb printing of ballot papers . They should also know that their illegal actions at this time of the election will also deny them the opportunity for the change that we are all clamouring for. |
Re: 2015 Election postponement: An indictment on Nigeria Police by Nobody: 12:11pm On Feb 28, 2015 |
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