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Former Presidential aspirant Philip Murgor has explained how Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet forced him to quit the country's top job race.
According to Murgor, Boinett deliberately turned down his request for police protection by allegedly citing that it was not within police policy to provide police bodyguards to presidential aspirants.
"It is clear that the refusal to provide me with security was deliberately calculated to ensure that, for security reasons, I would not be able to engage in any political activity at all," he said.
The former Director of Prosecution stated that denying him police protection amounted to discrimination and he questioned the IG's non-partisanship observing that other presidential aspirants were guarded by armed police bodyguards during their campaigns.
"Why have I been denied security? What is unique about my case? Whose interest is the IG serving?" Murgor questioned.
In a statement to the media, Murgor claimed that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had lost control of the election process by not enforcing the official campaign commencement date of June 27, 2017.
hen I requested the IEBC to order a stop to the unlawful campaigns, the lame response from the Chairman was that IEBC had no capacity to enforce the regulation on campaign timelines," Murgor's statement read in part.
He added that he would keep his options open for the presidential elections in 2022.