#Nigeria Decides: Army vow to deal decisively with political thugs

PORT HARCOURT, Rivers, Nigeria- The Nigerian Army has reiterated that it will deal with miscreants and political thugs that may want to disrupt the peaceful conduct of the Saturday, February 25, presidential election.

Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Col Aminu Illiasu, who made the revelation in Port Harcourt said that “credible intelligence available to Headquarters of the 6 Division Nigerian Army (NA) has uncovered an unholy plan by some political actors within its Area of Responsibility (AOR) to arm and sponsor miscreants in addition to using military-like fatigue dress for deception to cause pandemonium at polling stations for their political gain.

“While covert efforts are on-going to track the source of the weapons and the agents involved in conjunction with sister security agencies, authorities of 6 Division NA wish to unequivocally state that anyone found to be disrupting the electoral process under any guise will be decisively dealt with in accordance with the laws no matter how highly placed he or she is.”

“To this end, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division and Land Component Commander (LCC) OPDS Maj Gen Jamil Sarham wish to reassure the good people of Niger Delta of providing adequate security in conjunction with other security agencies before, during and after the 2019 General Elections.”

He also thanked the good citizens of the Niger Delta for their cooperation and assistance so far rendered to the division particularly in the area of information dissemination and urge them to do more.