Politician Threatening To ‘Kill Voters’ On Election Day Caught, Summoned (Video)

A member of the Rivers House of Representatives, Ephraim Nwuzi who was caught on camera making inciteful statement to kill some Nigerians during the forthcoming presidential election has been invited by the State Police command.

Naija News reports that Nwuzi in a viral video that did not capture the entirety of the conversation was seen asking for Nigerians to be shot at or killed to set an example to others so they would disperse and flee for their lives.

“This is four years they have been paying all the Igbos from the council. That is not what we will do now… What we will do (sic). Let’s crack three or four of them, let’s shoot them… When we shoot two or three and kill them, the rest will run,” he said incoherently in English and one of the Igbo language dialects.

In a swift reaction, the Supervising Assistant Inspector-General of Police for the elections, AIG Abutu Yaro invited the politician for questioning.

The police command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement shared via Twitter, said Nwuzi was invited to ascertain his intent and purposes in the video.

The statement reads: “AIG Abutu Yaro has assured INEC officials, INEC Ad Hoc staff, NYSC members, foreign and local observers, and voters, and all other stakeholders in the elections of adequate security before, during, and after the general election.

“He urges all contestants and political parties to exercise caution and called on the Rivers State residents to call the police at the following emergency numbers to report all suspicious activities and persons during the elections: 08032003514, 08098880134.”

The Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded Nwuzi pending the outcome of the police investigation.

The magistrate court had remanded the politician for 10 days to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) pending the investigation of the police.

Nwuzi was remanded over offences of treasonable felony, conspiracy, inciting violence, promotion of communal crisis and conspiracy.