Well before the polls themselves, IPOB/ESN and their sympathizers threatened that there would be no elections in the Zone. He spoke against this backdrop.
Speaking at the opening of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference at the Command Officer’s Mess, Abuja, the COAS said, “Let me state here that elections or no elections, neither IPOB, ESN nor any other group, groups or individuals should threaten the integrity of this Nation as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
