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Edo Election: NAOSRE calls for harmony

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State&comma; the National Association of Online Security Reporters&comma; NAOSRE&comma; has cautioned security agents&comma; election observers stakeholders&comma; and voters to play by the stipulated rules to avoid security breaches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Arising from its general meeting on September 17&comma; the association harped on the need for security consciousness by all the players saying that loss of life in the course of election defeats the reasons for democratic elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The association therefore&comma; calls on all concerned parties including political parties&comma; Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar;&comma; security operatives and the generality of Edo people to embrace peace during and after the conduct of the polls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Speaking during the &nbsp&semi;general meeting&comma; NAOSRE’s interim President&comma; Favour Benson said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;True peaceful&comma; free and fair election are the only pre-requisites for democracy&period; Although&comma; polls have been major source of conflict and crisis not only in Nigeria&comma; but in Africa&comma; but it will guarantee true democracy&comma; if conducted peacefully&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As an association&comma; we stand by the National Peace Committee&comma; NPC&comma; led by a former military Head of State&comma; General Abdulsalami Abubakar in curbing &nbsp&semi;violence in the Edo state governorship election&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The association further cautioned security agents to be professional in the discharge of their election duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Security agents should be professional in the discharge of their duties in Edo and avoid undue harassment of journalists covering the elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the processes of electing our leaders&comma; we must continue to support the law enforcement agents in various polls to provide an atmosphere that will encourage a greater turn out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Peace is fundamental to economic development and the reports of insecurity and violence scare away investors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It must be noted that every society grows in response to the socio-cultural and political environments that create it&comma; therefore&comma; NAOSRE urges the Edo people and indeed Nigerians to embrace true peace in the Saturday poll&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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