From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The National Peace Committee (NPC) has threatened to name political parties and their candidates who refuse to sign its peace accord after its deadline 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 their can not 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.
“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 tranquility”. Agwai said.
Earlier during the ceremony, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun assured the electorates of adequate security before and after election.
The IGP represented by DIG Frank Mbah further disclosed that 80 percent of its personels have already been deployed for the election while promising that before its commencement another 20 percent 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 align,our interest id for the peaceful conduct of the election even as he urged the candidates present to abide by the bond of their signature.
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Samuel Anyanwu and that of the Action Alliance (AA),Lincoln Ogunewe where the most prominent faces present at peace accord signing, while senator Athan Achonu and Governor Hope Uzodinma were conspicuously missing.