{"id":398549,"date":"2011-04-26T08:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T08:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/political-thugs-will-be-treated-as-armed-robbers-says-cp\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T08:40:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T08:40:55","slug":"political-thugs-will-be-treated-as-armed-robbers-says-cp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/political-thugs-will-be-treated-as-armed-robbers-says-cp\/","title":{"rendered":"Political thugs will be treated as armed robbers, says CP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69\">\n<p>Asaba \u2013 Mr Adisa Bolanta, the Commissioner of Police in Delta, on Monday said the command would treat any political thugs caught as armed robbers.<\/p>\n<p>Bolanta gave the warning in Asaba, while briefing newsmen on the preparations being made by the command to provide adequate security for Tuesday\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said the combined team of the police, army, navy and air force had been mobilised to provide adequate security, especially in identified flash points across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Bolanta called on all legible voters to come out and perform their civic responsibilities without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>He also assured the people that enough men and materials had been deployed across the state to ensure hitch-free elections.<\/p>\n<p>Bolanta said the police had received information that some people were planning to cause chaos while camouflaging in different security outfits to manipulate the elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe order on total restriction of mechanical movement is still on. Let me warn that political aids must not accompany their bosses with arms to the polling units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly recognised and accredited party agents will be allowed at the collation centres,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to also warn that anybody caught involved in any act of thuggery, and or with arms during the elections will be treated as an armed robber,\u2019\u2019 Bolanta added.<\/p>\n<p>He called on parents and guardians to be on the lookout and ensure that their wards were not used by politicians as thugs to cause violence during the elections. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/04\/political-thugs-will-be-treated-as-armed-robbers-says-cp\/\" title=\"Political thugs will be treated as armed robbers, says CP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Political thugs will be treated as armed robbers, says CP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Asaba \u2013 Mr Adisa Bolanta, the Commissioner of Police in Delta, on Monday said the command would treat any political thugs caught as armed robbers. Bolanta gave the warning in Asaba, while briefing newsmen on the preparations being made by the command to provide adequate security for Tuesday\u2019s elections. He said the combined team of the police, army, navy and air force had been mobilised to provide adequate security, especially in identified flash points across the state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":398550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-398549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Political thugs will be treated as armed robbers, says CP - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/political-thugs-will-be-treated-as-armed-robbers-says-cp\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Political thugs will be treated as armed robbers, says CP - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Asaba \u2013 Mr Adisa Bolanta, the Commissioner of Police in Delta, on Monday said the command would treat any political thugs caught as armed robbers. 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