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Panic has taken over a Delta State community over the free medical outreach organized by the Nigeria Army in the Niger Delta today. Pupils on today Friday abandoned classrooms following a rumour that soldiers would come to schools to inject them to death. A free medical outreach that the Nigerian Army extended to some communities in the South South, as part of the ongoing Operation Crocodile Smile II” in Niger Delta, was described on Friday as a tool to depopulate the south-East region. What seen to be a mere joke or out of reality is gradually becoming a serious issues and threat to life in Ughelli community, in Ughelli North area of Delta State as Parents have came out to withdraw children from schools earlier to avoid the free medical outreach for kids in primary schools. Many schools have since close their gate locked the windows to avoid the military free medicare. Meanwhile The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) group

Delta State Independent Electoral Commission have released the time table and schedule of activities for local government council general election, 2018 in a report signed by the Chairman DSIEC Asaba Chief Mike Ogbodu. 1. Issuance of notice of Local Government General election, Release of 2018 Local Government General Election guidelines and Time Table (Tuesday 3rd October 2017) 2. Conduct of Party Primaries by political parties (Saturday 14th- Saturday 28th October 2017) 3. Collection of DSIEC 001 and 002 by political parties (Wednesday 1st November 2017) 4. Commencement of electioneering campaigns by political parties (Wednesday 1st November 2017) 5. Last day of return of particulars of candidates on Form 001 and 002 by political parties with sworn affidavit by each candidate at the state High Court or magistrate court (Monday 6th November 2017) 6. Last day of collection of personal particulars of each candidate/constituency where the candidate intended to contest (Fri 10