Anambra Governorship Election Latest: Peter Obi’s Movement Restricted As Soldiers Arrest 25 Men

Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has been prevented from moving freely around the State because of the Anambra Governorship Election which is ongoing.

When he was visited at the Government Lodge by journalist and  asked why he was not moving around, Gov. Obi revealed that security men asked him not to as a result of the curfew imposed on the State for peaceful election.

Gov. Obi had to get police clearance before leaving the Lodge at 11:50  for accreditation at his house in Agulu and none of his security followed him as police men on election duty escorted him to the place and back to the lodge.

Speaking on the detention of El-Rufai, the governor said he was just hearing about that for the first time and wondered why Rufai left Katsina for Anambra State.

Meanwhile, Soldiers arrested 25 young men on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway for violating the no-movement order following the ongoing election.

The soldiers who were stationed at the Abba Junction in Njikoka Local Government Area arrested and detained the men, who are of voting age, around 7.30 a.m.

Lt. A.O. Quadri, who led the team at the checkpoint, said, “You can see that they are all of voting age and claimed they are coming from Enugu with different stories.

“Some of them claimed they are coming from church while the other boys said they are going to onitsha to vote.

“We kept them here because they have not really committed a crime but their two story versions are not only suspicious but do not justify their moviing from Enugu to Onitsha on election day,” Quadri said.

He said their directive was to detain anyone in violation of the order and release them after the election.

Attempts to speak with the detainees who sat on the ground under the watch of the soldiers was not allowed.

The no-movement order imposed on the state started at midnight and will end at 10 p.m. on Saturday.