Governor Hope Uzodimma who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and his counterpart from the Labour Party Sen. Athan Achonu were among the candidates who were absent at the National Peace Committee meeting in Imo State regarding Saturday’s election.
Candidates present include the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s senator Samuel Anyanwu and that of the Action Alliance (AA), Lincoln Ogunewe and Prof. James Okoroma of Action Democratic Congress ADC.
Meanwhile, the National Peace Committee (NPC) has threatened to name political parties and their candidates who refuse to sign its peace accord on Friday.
Chairman of the committee, Abdulsalam Abubakar represented by Martin Luther Agwai disclosed this during a signing of a peace accord of the governorship candidates and their parties in Imo State on Wednesday.
Agwai while answering questions from newsmen on why most of the candidates did not show up for the event said “Everybody knows that there cannot be development without peace, one challenge that we have here is that all of them did not come, but the good people of Imo State are watching.
He said; “at the end of it on Friday, we would announce to the good people of Imo State the political party that has refused to sign and we would let the people know which party wants peace and the party that does not want peace, let the people now make a choice vote for the party that want peace and tranquillity.”
Earlier during the ceremony, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun assured the electorates of adequate security before and after the election.
The IGP represented by DIG Frank Mbah further disclosed that 80 per cent of its personnel have already been deployed for the election while promising that before its commencement another 20 per cent would be deployed.
He said, “The deployment is not to intimidate voters but to give them a safe ground for the election We will remain non-aligned, our interest is for the peaceful conduct of the election even as he urged the candidates present to abide by the bond of their signature”.
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