Oshiomhole alleges PDP has registered 8,000 militants for election

The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of conniving with some South South state governors to register about 8,000 militants they intend to use in manipulating the governorship election in the state.

Oshiomhole made the allegation at the Government House, Benin City on Friday when the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris visited him.

The governor said: “In line with my tradition, I have always tried to speak out on any matter that I am worried about. I first raised this alarm on the eve of INEC Continuing Voters’ Registration exercise, an exercise that has been designed to register those who have become eighteen between the last registration and the current one.

“They are exporting militants to Edo State to register so that with the PVC in their hands, they will appear to have the lawful basis to be present at the designated polling units where they are expected to unleash violence on election day.

“Now, as part of the processes they put in place to effect this, they had conspirators in INEC that made available to them data capturing machine in the residences of various opposition leaders. We shared these experiences with the police and the DSS.”

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Speaking during the visit, IGP Idris said he was in the state on working visit to interact with police officers on ground and those from other security agencies to see that the election in the state is conducted in a seamless manner.

“Our presence here shows the synergy between the security agencies working in the state. This is an assurance that there is a lot of cooperation between us and other security agencies, and it is an assurance that we are definitely sure that in a few days time, we are going to have a successful governorship election in Edo State”, the IGP said.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews….

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