The Federal Government on Thursday warned that it would deal with any troublemaker threatening the peaceful conduct of the April 9 Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, issued the warning in Abuja during a special stakeholders’ meeting ahead of the poll.
He said that the federal government has directed all security agencies to deal decisively with all troublemakers who might want to disrupt the process.
The Commissioner of Police in charge of Election Security, Mr Folunsho Adebanjo, who spoke on behalf of the security agencies, also warned all political gladiators in the FCT to shun violence.
He said this was because security agents would not condone any act of political violence.
Those in attendance include the Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, the Senator representing the FCT, Sen. Philip Aduda, as well as Sen. Isa Hamman Misau, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy.
Be warned and avoid to be used as a tool to disrupt the election process, there will be no sacred cow or mercy as defaulters must be penalised which will serve as a deterrent to others.
Politics is not a do or die affair, a winner must emerge and others could try some other time.
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