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.
