Barring last minute intervention, the Police in Abia state are set to
\nboycott the council polls slated to hold today, December 21, 2016, in Abia
\nstate.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that Divisional Police Officers, DPO, are worried that the
\nState Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, is yet to disburse an alleged
\n10 million Naira fund released by the state government for the election.<\/p>\n
A DPO and another ranking Police officer at the state command, who
\ndeclined to have his name on print told Pointblanknews.com that the money
\nwas released on Friday 16th December, 2016 to the CP who has continued
\ntelling his men that no money has been released to him for the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are worried on how the CP always handles the issue of funds. It is
\nconfirmed that the state government has released funds for the election,
\nbut the CP told us nothing has been given to him. The next thing you will
\nhear is that he has started dishing out peanuts to DPOs. Last time, the
\nDPOs contributed money for the Edo, Ondo and Rivers state polls. Now since
\nthe state government has released money for the election, why won\u2019t the CP
\nrelease it to the DPOs to mobilize the Police rank and file for the
\nelection?\u201d<\/p>\n
Recall that the DPOs in the state raised N2.5 million Naira for the Ondo
\ngovernorship poll, N2 million for Edo and N600,000 for the Rivers National
\nand State Assembly election, situation which has caused great discontent
\nwho have been wondering if the Force headquarters doesn\u2019t fund police
\nelection duties.<\/p>\n
In a related development, landlord to the Abia State Independent Electoral
\nCommission (ABSIEC), yesterday, locked the Library Avenue offices of the
\nelectoral agency in Umuahia, over nonpayment of two years rent.<\/p>\n
As at 1pm yesterday, ABSIEC authorities told journalists that arrangements
\nwere being made to pay the rent, even as a detachment of Policemen kept
\nmounted security at the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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