Soldiers At The INEC HQ To Stop APC’s March in Abuja
Soldiers were drafted to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Maitama District, Abuja, as part of a 
heavy security build-up to stop the march of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for November 28, 2013, Thursday.
It would be recalled that the APC leaders informed the police about their intention to march in protest against its plan to have a supplementary election in Anambra State.
APC had written the FCT Police Command for protection during the march. But the police turned down the request.
NigerianEcho investigation showed that some top officials of INEC officials met with security agencies on the same day.
There were fears that soldiers have been deployed at various entry points leading to INEC’s gate. INEC said the march is being treated as “purely a security issue”.
“It is true that soldiers had been deployed in as part of security measures. We cannot ask security agencies not to do their job.”
In a statement issued by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC vowed to proceed with the march, despite the “illegal” move by the police to stop it.
“We are doing this as a patriotic service to the nation because INEC as presently constituted is not capable of organising a free and fair election again in Nigeria. If the Commission is not checked, its incompetence and conniving acts could plunge the country into chaos of unimaginable proportions,” the statement said.
“We will not be deterred by the blatantly-partisan police, who have missed another great opportunity to affirm their neutrality and respect for the rule of law. We will use this march to prove the point that we shall not condone a police command, however partisan or corrupt, abridging our constitutional rights.”
