{"id":88118,"date":"2021-11-05T23:14:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T22:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88118"},"modified":"2021-11-05T23:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T22:14:52","slug":"anambra-igp-removes-head-of-security-arrangement-dig-egbunike-24hrs-to-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/anambra-igp-removes-head-of-security-arrangement-dig-egbunike-24hrs-to-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra: IGP removes Head of Security arrangement, DIG Egbunike, 24hrs to election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barely 24 hours to the Saturday Anambra State governorship election, the Inspector General of Police has removed the Deputy Inspector General, DIG Joseph Egbunike as the head of the team for the election.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though when contacted on the development, Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba confirmed that DIG Egbunike has stepped down, no reason was given for the removal of the experienced senior officer who is an indigene of Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>DIG Egbunike has since been replaced with Acting Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Zaki Ahmed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public Relations Officer attached to the Anambra Election Monitoring Team, DSP Nkeiruka Nwode while announcing the sudden change of baton said the development would not affect the conduct of the election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointblanknews.com investigations showed that the decision to remove DIG Egbunike may not be unconnected by concerns that as a son of the soil, the gubernatorial gladiators may subsequently point accusing fingers at him depending on who emerges victorious or otherwise<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba while in Anambra recently assured residents of the state of adequate security noting that the Police operatives have no reason to compromise having been paid their allowances ahead of the special duty.<\/p><\/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>Barely 24 hours to the Saturday Anambra State governorship election, the Inspector General of Police has removed the Deputy Inspector General, DIG Joseph Egbunike as the head of the team&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":88119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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