Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- A non-governmental organisation, CLEEN Foundation, has highlighted five Local Government Areas (LGAs) as high security risk areas ahead of the upcoming 8 November governorship elections in Anambra State.

It called on the security agencies to consider them during election deployments.

In its Election Security Threat Assessment (ESTA) presented in Abuja on Tuesday, the foundation listed the LGAs as: Ihiala, Ogbaru, Nnewi South, Orumba North and Onitsha North.

Presenting findings from the ESTA, the foundation's Director of Programmes, Salaudeen Hashim, said these local government areas have recorded persistent insecurity, including killings, attacks on INEC facilities, enforcement of sit-at-home orders, and abduction of...