The
Ag. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has deployed a
Deputy Inspector General of Police, (DIG), an Assistant Inspector
General of Police and three commissioners of police to Edo State for the
governorship election.
The election is scheduled for Sturday.
The senior officers are expected to coordinate the security operations, supervise the deployment of personnel, to facilitate the electoral process throughout the state.
The police boss also deployed additional 25,000 police personnel comprising the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Units (CTU), anti-bomb squad, marine Police, conventional policemen, armament units, personnel from Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and the Sniffer Dog Section.
The IGP noted that police aerial surveillance helicopters, gun boats, armoured personnel carriers and 550 patrol vehicles would be deployed to cover all the polling units. The deployment according to the IGP, is to ensure that the election is conducted in accordance to electoral law and in the atmosphere of peace and security.
This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Spokesman of the Force, DCP Don Awunah.
The force further said that Idris would convene a peace meeting of all the political parties, candidates, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, election observers and other stakeholders in the state.
According to the statement: “This meeting will focus on the overall desirability of peace during the election and adherence to the rules of the game.
“All police personnel and other complementing sister security agencies are under strict instructions to be professionally polite and civil, but firm in the discharge of their statutory duties,” he said.
The police explained that the meeting was part of measures aimed at guaranteeing a credible election.
He also advised political parties, traditional rulers, community leaders as well as parents and guardians to prevail on their members, supporters, subjects, children and wards to be law abiding.
“The law will be fully applied on any person or group of persons found violating the Electoral Act,’’ he said.
Idris assured the electorate and all law abiding citizens of the state, of adequate security throughout the election and enjoined them to cooperate with the police in the discharge of their duties as the security personnel will operate within the framework of democratic policing.
The election is scheduled for Sturday.
The senior officers are expected to coordinate the security operations, supervise the deployment of personnel, to facilitate the electoral process throughout the state.
The police boss also deployed additional 25,000 police personnel comprising the Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Units (CTU), anti-bomb squad, marine Police, conventional policemen, armament units, personnel from Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and the Sniffer Dog Section.
The IGP noted that police aerial surveillance helicopters, gun boats, armoured personnel carriers and 550 patrol vehicles would be deployed to cover all the polling units. The deployment according to the IGP, is to ensure that the election is conducted in accordance to electoral law and in the atmosphere of peace and security.
The force further said that Idris would convene a peace meeting of all the political parties, candidates, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, election observers and other stakeholders in the state.
According to the statement: “This meeting will focus on the overall desirability of peace during the election and adherence to the rules of the game.
“All police personnel and other complementing sister security agencies are under strict instructions to be professionally polite and civil, but firm in the discharge of their statutory duties,” he said.
The police explained that the meeting was part of measures aimed at guaranteeing a credible election.
He also advised political parties, traditional rulers, community leaders as well as parents and guardians to prevail on their members, supporters, subjects, children and wards to be law abiding.
“The law will be fully applied on any person or group of persons found violating the Electoral Act,’’ he said.
Idris assured the electorate and all law abiding citizens of the state, of adequate security throughout the election and enjoined them to cooperate with the police in the discharge of their duties as the security personnel will operate within the framework of democratic policing.
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