{"id":22022,"date":"2014-01-27T20:42:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T19:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=22022"},"modified":"2014-01-27T20:42:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T19:42:43","slug":"2015play-rancor-free-politics-aig-urges-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2015play-rancor-free-politics-aig-urges-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"2015:Play Rancor-Free Politics, AIG Urges Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Assistant-Inspector-General of police in-charge of Zone 1, Alhaji Tambari Muhammad Yabo has warned politicians in the Zone to adhere strictly to the rule and regulations governing elections and electioneering campaigns.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Police boss who said this during a one-day sensitization programme targeted at ensuring peaceful elections in the zone said the police will not condone any act of violence and electoral malpractice come 2015 elections.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblanknews.com reports that Kano, Jigawa and Katsina which made up Zone 1 are notable flashpoints during elections in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yabo urged politicians in the three states to conduct themselves according to the dictates of the law while politicking ahead the 2015 general elections.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yabo during the programme held at Police Officers Mess, Kano, on Monday said the police would not condone any act of violence during political activities heralding next year\u2019s general election, urging them to play politics in line with the laid down rules and regulations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yabo warned that the police in the Zone will not condone any act that is capable of breaching peace and order during and after electioneering campaign.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said all political meetings and rallies in the Zone must be endorsed and monitored by respective Police Commissioners in the three states that made up the Zone, adding that, \u201cany such breach by any of the political parties will attract the wrath of the law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs Nigerians and members of political parties, you hail from different ethnic groups; and your respective backgrounds differ significantly. You, however, share a common value, that is, a desire to create a strong, united and peaceful Nigeria where respect for human lives, values, dignity and protection of lives and properties are paramount.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AIG urged politicians and political parties in the Zone to avoid disorderly behaviours during political meetings, campaigns, rallies and processions, adding that any body found making inciting statements during political campaigns must be made to face the law.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also spoke on the need to ensure decency during political campaigns, pointing out that the issue of thuggery and display of dangerous weapons during campaigns and elections will seriously be tackled by the police.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAvoid sponsoring and indulging in the use of illicit drugs that normally send people into the state of hallucination. Avoid snatching of ballot papers and boxes, rigging in all ramifications. Avoid the use and sponsoring of under-aged persons for voting during elections. Avoid politics of tribalism, nepotism, regionalism and all forms of sectarian antagonism,\u201d the police boss further warned.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yabo promised that the workshop will further hold at state, Local Government and Ward levels so as to take the message down to the grass-roots.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Assistant-Inspector-General of police in-charge of Zone 1, Alhaji Tambari Muhammad Yabo has warned politicians in the Zone to adhere strictly to the rule and regulations governing elections and electioneering&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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