“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

ANAMBRA POLICE BUSTS ANOTHER KIDNAP GANG; RESCUE VICTIM; RECOVERS PUMP ACTION GUN AND TWO HOME MADE GRENADES.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


ANAMBRA POLICE BUSTS ANOTHER KIDNAP GANG; RESCUE VICTIM; RECOVERS PUMP ACTION GUN AND TWO HOME MADE GRENADES


Operatives of Anti Kidnap Squad of Anambra State Police Command have smashed yet another kidnap gang, this time at Nnewi Ichi. 

The Squad which was on patrol with vigilante men on 13th September, 2023 got information about the kidnappers hideout and stormed the place. A kidnapped victim found in the hideout was rescued and conveyed to a hospital at Nnewi for treatment. One of the suspected kidnappers was arrested.

Operatives recovered One Pump Action Gun and two locally fabricated hand grenades at the hideout.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, while commending Police Operatives and the local Vigilante on this collaboration that has been effective against criminal elements asked them to sustain the onslaught until crime is reduced to the barest minimum and people can move around in safety.

*DSP Tochukwu Ikenga*
Police Public Relations Officer,
Anambra State Police Command, Awka.

14th September, 2023.

 

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