The Nigeria Police Force has debunked news doing the rounds on social media that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, had been assassinated in the state.
In a statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and Head, Media Police Team for the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial election, DSP Nwode Nkeiruka, the police said: “For avoidance of doubt and the purpose of clarity, the command wishes to state that the Independent Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu,held a stakeholders meeting in Awka on November 2 and stated the preparedness of the commission to hold peaceful election in the state, adding that security agencies are ever ready to enforce their statutory responsibility to ensure hitch free exercise.
“The CP hereby urges journalists and other well meaning individuals to join the fight against crime reporting contents that don’t contrast current state of security in the society as they too should be agent of law and order.
“In view of the foregoing, the CP wants to state unequivocally that the publication is false and absolutely misleading.
“It is a figment of imagination deliberately orchestrated by the mischief makers to cause unnecessary tension and chaos in the polity.”
