Anambra Poll: Flashpoints identified as Kukah Center inaugurates early warning/response team for 21 LGAs

By Vincent Ujumadu

The Kukah Center, Abuja, secretariat of the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, has identified information flashpoints crossed Anambra State up of the November 8 governorship election.

Stakeholders were appointed arsenic members of the Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) squad during a grooming store successful Awka, with a mandate to show and mitigate threats successful each 21 section authorities areas.

Findings from the workout amusement that Anambra South poses the highest hazard to a peaceful predetermination owed to activities of non-state actors, proliferation of unlicensed firearms, misinformation connected societal media, and imaginable infiltration from neighboring Imo State.

Stakeholders noted that communities specified arsenic Mbosi, Isekke, Orsumoghu, and Lilu person remained deserted contempt information operations, raising fears that elections whitethorn not clasp successful those areas. Orumba North and South were besides flagged, with reports of gunmen hiding successful bushes, portion Aguata’s Ekwulobia was cited arsenic a hub for mendacious accusation dispersed by non-state actors.

In Anambra North, flooding successful Anambra West, Anambra East, Ayamelum, and Ogbaru, coupled with cult-related activities successful Oyi and herdsmen attacks successful parts of Omambala, were identified arsenic imaginable threats.

For Anambra Central, the prevalence of cult groups successful Awka South, Idemili North, and Awka North was highlighted arsenic a imaginable instrumentality for predetermination disruption. Rivalries betwixt accepted rulers and Presidents General successful communities specified arsenic Nri, Alor, Awka, and Nawfia were besides flagged arsenic sources of part with imaginable governmental consequences.

Stakeholders warned that these challenges could lend to debased elector turnout if not addressed.

Speaking aft the presentations, an authoritative of the Kukah Center, Deborah Obafemi, urged the EWER members to use accepted mechanisms for struggle solution astatine the grassroots.

“EWER is not conscionable astir detecting conflict; it’s besides astir collaborative enactment to forestall it. The occurrence of the Anambra predetermination and the bid it is expected to make depends connected however good stakeholders collaborate,” she said.

Similarly, the Project Officer astatine the Center, Asabe Ndahi, charged the appointees to beryllium proactive. “We person begun the task to guarantee credible election. Be resilient arsenic you instrumentality to your communities to statesman the work,” she advised.

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