The Anambra State government has cried out over a plot by the opposition party to use security agents to harass and arrest prominent officials of the government on baseless allegations.
The state Commissioner of Information, C. Don Adinuba, disclosed this in a press release issued on Thursday in Awka, the state capital.
He said the intention behind the planned arrest of the state government officers was to “hijack” the gubernatorial election, scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
“The Anambra State Government has received credible intelligence reports about moves by members of a certain political party to use the instrumentality of the state to arrest key officials of the state government any time on trumped-up charges.
“The aim is to hijack the gubernatorial election. One of the meetings where the use of coercive apparatus of the state to carry out this plot has just been held in Awka, the Anambra State capital,” Adinuba alleged.
He also said that none of the heads of national security agencies was aware of this conspiracy but alleged that desperate politicians wanted to use certain compromised operatives to perpetrate the act.
He said that the press statement was to bring the evil plans to the knowledge of all Anambra residents and draw the attention of all relevant authorities for prompt action.
The commissioner urged all the Anambra people not to panic but implored them to go about their normal businesses.
He said that elections in the state in the last few years had been very free, fair and credible and that November 6 would not be different.
“We will continue to do everything possible to maintain the new tradition of free and fair polls,” Adinuba said.
In a swift response, the Anambra Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Tochukwu Ikenga, declined knowledge of such information.
He said that the police command in Anambra was yet to receive an official report on such information.
