The Abia State Police Command has warned troublemakers threatening to disrupt Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly polls to be ready to die.
This was made known by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in Charge of the South-East, Mr. John Amadi, while addressing officers of the state command at the Police Officers’ Mess, on Thursday in Umuahia.
The police chief urged the Abia electorate to disregard any threat to stop the elections, giving assurance that the polls must go on and urged the people not to entertain any fears from any quarters.
He said: “We have assured Nigerians and the South-East that nobody should entertain any fears. The police are there to protect the system. Anybody that wants to put himself into problem or involve in thuggery would have himself to blame.
“Anybody that wants to snatch ballot boxes or disrupt the elections will be promptly dealt with. We have deployed our men to dominate all the areas that we think trouble would erupt from.
“So we are sounding a note of warning to criminals and non-state agents that we would not tolerate anything that would not allow the people cast their vote and chose who they want to represent them.
“Anybody that wants to disrupt the system should be ready to die and anybody that wants to die should come out and disrupt the system.
“If you love your life keep away, cast your vote, go home, and wait for the result.
“On behalf of the Inspector-General of Police and the management team, I assure you that there would not be any infractions,” he added.