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Ekiti election: Police deploy 30,000 personnel, two choppers, others



The police have deployed 30,000 operatives, two helicopters and 250 patrol vehicles, including five Armoured Personnel Carriers, for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State.

The Force Public Relations Officer, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, said in a statement in Abuja on Sunday that the security operation for the poll would be supervised by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Operations, Joshiak Habila, who would be assisted by an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, four Commissioners of Police, eight Deputy Commissioners of Police and 18 Assistant Commissioners of Police.



He explained that each Senatorial district would be manned by a Commissioner of Police.

“To ensure adequate security and safety of life and property before, during and after the elections, the IGP has approved the deployment of 30,000 police personnel in Ekiti State for the election.

“Four policemen and two others from other security agencies will be on duty at each polling unit throughout the state. The Police Mobile Force,to be headed by a very senior officer, will provide security at the results collation centres,” the statement explained.

The deployment, the police said, also included 10 Armoured Personnel vehicles, Police Mobile Force Units, Counter-Terrorism Unit, the Special Protection Unit, the Anti-Bomb Squad, conventional policemen, the Armament Unit, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department and the sniffer dogs section.

The force stated that other security and safety agencies who are members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security in the state would complement the Nigeria Police during the election.

The police added that threat assessment had been carried out in the state and all identified flashpoints and trouble-prone areas had been addressed, stressing that it would deal with anyone or group “no matter how highly placed whose utterances or conduct are contrary to the electoral Act or that could incite disturbance of public peace, law and order before, during or after the election.”

Moshood explained that special security identification tags would be worn by all the security personnel on election duty, insisting that no operative would be allowed to move to any other location during the election period other than where he was deployed.

“As part of additional measures to guarantee a peaceful and credible election, the IGP will on July 9 attend a stakeholder and peace accord meeting of all the 35 political parties participating in the election and their candidates, election officials, observers and other accredited stakeholders in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State,” Moshood explained.



He declared that security personnel attached to public office holders and politicians would not be allowed to follow their principals to the polling units or collation centres.

“Commissioners of Police and their personnel in states close to Ekiti State, such as Ondo, Osun, Kwara, Kogi, Ogun, Edo and Oyo States have been directed by the IG to be on the red alert with their personnel.

“Restriction of vehicular movement in and out of Ekiti State will commence from 12-midnight of Friday, 13th July 2018 till the end of the election. Travellers and other road users are advised to make use of alternative routes. However, those on essential duties on the genuine course will be granted passage,” the police said.

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