The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has warned those planning to disrupt the Nov.11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi to stay off the states.
Musa said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting in Abuja.
Musa pledged that the Armed Forces would provide full support to the police in ensuring that the state election was free and fair.
“The Armed Forces, the police and other security agencies would be on the ground. Every Nigerian, we are sure is tired of elections with violence and this will try to make a difference.
“We want at the end of the day, every Nigerian should be proud of, first to be a Nigerian and to understand that elections are now free and fair.
“We want everybody who wins our elections to be happy that he won very well without any intimidation,’’ he said.
The army chief said that a warning had already been sent to security personnel to be deployed for the elections that whoever misbehaved during the elections would face the consequence.
Musa advised that the presence of security agencies in the three states should not care for anybody, but those with plans to disrupt the election.
Also speaking, the Inspector General Of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, said there would be no room for those planning to perpetrate trouble or violence in the states to operate.
