Ebonyi gov alleges plot to use fake security men, corpsmembers to rig polls

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday alleged a
plot by some politicians to use fake security operatives and
National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members to rig this
month’s elections in the state.
He stated that some politicians had devised means of rigging
the elections by providing fake military, police and NYSC
uniforms that they intended to use to intimidate the electorate
in the state.
The governor, who raised the alarm when the new Coordinator
of the NYSC in the state, visited him in his office, urged the
people of the state to be more vigilant and watch out for such
fake corps members and security personnel during the general
elections.
Elechi, however, urged the NYSC directorate and security
agencies to device means of identifying their genuine members
to avoid giving the state and the country a bad name before
the international community, especially when foreign election
observers were already in the state.
He noted that the NYSC scheme had contributed immensely to
the development of various communities in the state and
Nigeria in general through its community development service
programmes.
The governor called for the assistance of corps members in
the state to help the government in the enumeration of
genuine traders at the Abakpa main market for allocation of
lock-up stalls at the International market.
The Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Gladys Mbachi,
commended Governor Elechi for the conducive atmosphere in
which the NYSC scheme operated in the state through the
approval and release of funds for payment of transport fare
back home for passing-out corps members.