Breaking: IGP Demands List of Policemen Yet To Be Paid in Anambra
- Field commanders and strategic managers have been asked to compile list of the policemen who are on election duty in Anambra but have not be paid
- This is the directive of Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, following a complain by a police officer
- The police boss reportedly attributed the non-payment to clerical mistakes in forwarding their details
In what many people will call a good move, Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has directed field commanders and strategic managers to compile list of the policemen who are on election duty in Anambra but have not been paid.
This is as a result of the complaints of some police personnel over the non-payment of their allowances for the Anambra Gubernatorial election.
Source: UGC
Daily Trust reports that in an interview at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) situation room on Saturday, Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, quoted the IGP as attributing the non-payment to clerical mistakes in forwarding their details.
Recall that Legit.ng had reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police have been accused of not making provision for the feeding of police officers deployed for Anambra state governorship election.
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This follows a complain by a policeman attached to polling unit 8, Abagana ward 2, Njikoka Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Anambra state.
Anambra Decides 2021: Chaos, fear as gunmen steal ballot boxes in Onitsha
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the voting exercises for the Anambra gubernatorial election on Saturday, November 6, turned rowdy as gunmen stormed polling centres at the Immaculate Heart Catholic Church and the St Faith Catholic Church in Fegge, Onitsh.
Eyewitnesses who spoke with journalists said the armed men made their way to St Faith Catholic Church by Mbonu Ejike/Basden Junction in a bus and opened gunshots to scare the voters and security agents.
While this was happening, another set of gunmen stormed the polling unit at the Immaculate Heart Church along Ziks Avenue and left with one ballot box.
Confusion as protests rock Nnewi, voters threaten not to allow election commence
Meanwhile, the Anambra governorship election was not going so well in a polling unit in Nnewi North local government area as some voters were protesting the alleged unavailability of original result sheets.
According to the protesting voters at Polling Unit 002, Enem Hall, Otolo Ward 2 in Nnewi North LGA, the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to bring original result sheets.
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) identified as Chima Christian, told The Nation that there would be no voting at the polling unit until the electoral officials produce original result sheets. Christian stated:
Source: Legit.ng
