The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called on the electorate in Anambra State to disregard threats by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and turn out en masse to elect the governor of their choice.
The Director General of NOA, Garba Abari, made the call in the wake of the “vote and die” threat by IPOB, a statement by the agency’s Head of Press, Paul Odenyi, said.
Abari who described the renewed threat as an attempt by miscreants to stampede the will of the people using “baseless intimidation in pursuit of their untoward ends” assured the indigenes of the state that security agencies were fully prepared and on ground to ensure the safety of voters before, during and after the election.
He further reassured that the election would not only hold as scheduled but would be without security failures.
“The renewed threat is not taking the authorities by surprise. All adequate measures to checkmate the excesses of IPOB and other unlawful groups with regard to the Anambra election are already fully in place,” he said.