Police To Deploy Additional 26,000 Personnel For Anambra Elections
The
Nigeria Police Force said it would deploy additional 26, 000 personnel for the
Anambra governorship election scheduled for Nov. 18.
The Inspector-General of Police,
Mr Idris Ibrahim, had on Nov. 3 at the Also Villa, announced the deployment of
21,000 personnel for the election.
A statement by the Force
spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, said that the personnel would comprised police
special forces, Police Mobile Force (PMF), Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and
Special Protection Unit (SPU).
Others are: Anti Bomb Squad,
Marine Police, Force Armament Unit, FCIID, Mounted Troops, Dogs Section, Police
Gun Boats and the Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC).
He said that 303 police patrol
vehicles were among vehicles deployed for the operations to cover the entire
state including the riverine areas.
Moshood said that the Deputy
Inspector-General of Police in charge of operations had also been deployed to
the state and would be assisted an Assistant Inspector-General of Police.
He said that three commissioners of police would be in charge of each
senatorial district, to coordinate the security operations and deployment of
security personnel throughout the election.
The spokesman said that police
personnel deployed for the election were under strict instruction to be polite
and civil in discharging their duties.
He said that there would be no
vehicular movement in and out of the the state during the election from
midnight on Nov. 17 till after the voting period on the day of the election.
Moshood warned the outlawed IPOB
and its members, to steer clear of the state as the police would not hesitate
to use all legal means to checkmate them.
He advised political parties,
their leadership and traditional rulers to prevail on their supporters to be
law abiding during and after the election.
Moshood also warned public
office holders, politicians and other VIPs that they would not be allowed to go
to the polling unit with their security details among others.
Police To Deploy Additional 26,000 Personnel For Anambra Elections
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