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Curfew in Rivers State: Movement go dey restricted on Saturday as LG elections go take place
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Local goment elections go hold for Rivers State, south-south Nigeria on Saturday 17 April 2021.
For State Broadcast, Governor Nyesom Wike say di local goment election wey go elect local goment chairmen and councillors for di local goment legislative assembly go shele for all di 4442 polling units and 319 wards for di 23 local goment areas.
Di Governor also ban all human and vehicle movement from midnight Friday 16 April to wen election go end by 5pm on Saturday 17 April, 2021 except for pipo and motors wey dey on essential duties wit genuine and valid identification.
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Despite insecurity, Nigerian police deploy 17,500 personnel for local election
Entry and exit points in the state would be shut during the election, the police say.
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Despite the insecurity ravaging virually every part of Nigeria, the police in Rivers State said they have deployed no fewer than 17,500 personnel for Saturday’s local government elections in the state.
The police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Mr Omoni, a superintendent of police, said the deployment of the personnel and hardware was aimed to forestall possible violence and ensure free, fair and transparent exercise.
Rivers govt directs police to compensate victims of brutality Rivers govt directs police to compensate victims of brutality
Apr 14, 2021
Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Zacchaeus Adangor (left); Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim (middle) and Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Fred Kpakol briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday
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Rivers State Executive Council has directed that the police authorities should compensate victims of acts of violence, torture, brutality, murder and violation of fundamental rights committed by their men and officers.
Alternatively, the council asked the authorities to get their men and officers who perpetrated the crimes to compensate the victims.