Security Agencies in
Rivers State has pledged to be neutral and impartial come April 11 Elections.
The decision was
announced by the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Hassan Kamar, shortly
after the meeting with governorship candidates of the three major political
parties in the state.
Kamar also directed
police personnel attached to individuals to wear civilian clothing and stay
away from polling units on election day.
He said: “on this note
i want to assure each and every one of us here that we the security agencies
have agreed as a body that we are going to be non partial, we are going to
create a level playing ground for each and everyone who is going to involved in
this exercise. And we have equally passed the same message to our footmen who
are going to be deployed in the field. We will continue that neutral and
impartiality.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian
Police Force Headquarters has announced the deployment of some special police
officers to likely flash points for Saturday’s election.
It also announced the deployment
of some senior police officers to oversee the governorship and state house
assembly elections in states considered to stand at a risk of violence
eruption.
The force announced the
deployment of six deputy inspector generals of police to the six geopolitical
zones in Nigeria to coordinate the elections.
Some of the senior
officers deployed include Tunde Ogunsakin who would oversee elections in Rivers
State.
This restriction in a release signed by the Force spokesperson, Emmanuel Ojukwu, excluded vehicles on essential duties such as Fire Service, ambulances and vehicles used by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and law enforcement/security agencies.
He said there would be no restriction of vehicular movement in the Federal Capital Territory as no election would take place at the FCT.
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