No police in PDP strongholds~Tinubu

Bola tinubu, who is a National Leader of the All Progressives
Congress, said this while addressing journalists atSundayAdigun
Street, Alausa, where he voted on Saturday.
The former governor alleged that the PDP-led Federal Government had
relegated the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, to the
level of an area commander just because the party had ulterior
motives.
He said rather, the controversial Assistant Inspector-General of
Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, was the one acting as the Commissioner of
Police for the elections.
He said, "The alarming issue now is the inconsistencies and lack of
police presence in areas of their own boasting. They announced Monday
last week that the AIG has been assigned to supervise the elections.
Yesterday (Friday), we heard the CP has been relegated to an area
commander and the AIG is now a Commissioner of Police in charge of the
election.
"From that, you smell rats. It is not good enough for confidence
building. If there is no written order, it should not be possible for
anybody, no matter how highly placed, to make an oral posting of the
police or the army."
Tinubu condemned the spate of violence in the South-South
geo-political zone, saying it was barbaric.
He said it was violence and threats of such that might have caused a
low voter turnout in several parts of the country.
Tinubu added, "We have to remove violence from our politics. Election
is about people and service, it is not a process of gun, war and
violence. It is power by all means that is the cause of the violence
and we have to remove that and allow the process to function and
nurture the process of democracy, respect the rule of law and lives
and property of Nigerians.
"The attempt to be governor or control states should come from the
people's sovereignty; the right of the people to choose their own
leaders."
The former governor commended the Independent National Electoral
Commission for the smooth process of accreditation, saying it would
boost voter confidence
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