President Francois Hollande's Socialist government, accused by
political opponents of doing too little to avert the
attack that killed 84 and hurt hundreds, also said it would step up strikes
against Islamic State in its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas»,
attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical
attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among
political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical
attacks on property of
opponents, targeted
attacks against specific candidates or
political parties,
attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors,
attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.
He said, «The truth is that Captain Iheanacho for obvious
political reasons has continued to sustain his media
attacks against the governor and the few
opponents of the government in the state have leveraged on that to be giving the impression that Okorocha and Iheanacho are at war, when they are not.»