Lawyer Urges Police, Others To Ensure Free, Fair Elections

A Port Harcourt based lawyer and human rights crusader, Mr. Chinonye Okoha, has called on law enforcement agents to live up to their billings by ensuring free and fair election come February 25, 2025 and subsequent elections.
Mr. Okoha, who stated this while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, noted that it was imperative for the police and other law enforcement agencies to do all in their powers to prevent electoral malpractice in the forthcoming elections in the country so that our democracy would be better for it.
He said in the past, the system was bedevilled with a helluva corrupt practice that brought monsters to power, who had caused pains to the nation in general.
The Port Harcourt-based lawyer explained that there ought to be deliberate effort on the part of government to ensure free and fair elections.
He said, gold should be given to those that know the value.
Mr. Okoha remarked that Nigerians were going through the most trying period in its history.
“It is important for us to elect people who would bail the nation out of the present predicament. Inflation is biting hard, the diminishing value of the Naira and poverty are indices of a nation on precipice.”
Mr. Okoha pointed out that all hands must be on deck to bail Nigeria out of mediocrity and underdevelopment.
He said, bad leadership was the bane of the nation’s economy.
He told the electorate to use the opportunity offered by 2023 general elections to bring good leaders to power.
The lawyer urged the electorate to vote credible persons to power.