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Police Deploy DIG, 8 CPs, 2 Helicopters For Osun Election



In front of the Osun state governorship decision slated for September 22, 2018, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has conveyed a Deputy Inspector General of Police, an Assistant Inspector General of Police, eight Commissioners, other cops and two helicopters.

Every one of the eight Police Area Commands in Osun state will be kept an eye on by a Commissioner of Police.

The DIG activities will lead, execute and arrange the security tasks, and furthermore direct the sending of all faculty of other security organizations under the Inter Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for the race all through the 3,764 Polling units/voting focuses in the 332 Wards and the 30 LGAs of the State.

Power PRO, Jimoh Moshood, in an announcement, said "to guarantee satisfactory security and wellbeing of life and property previously, amid and after the decision, the IGP has thoughtfully endorsed the sending of sufficient Police work force to Osun state for the race.

"The staff that were at that point prepared and situated on race security and discretionary follow up on the duties and capacities expected of them, contains the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), the Special Protection Unit (SPU), the Anti Bomb Squad (EOD), Conventional Policemen, the Armament Unit, work force of FCIID, IGP Monitoring, IGP IRT groups, the Sniffer mutts segment and the Mounted Troop.

"Four unarmed policemen and two others from other security organizations will be on obligation at each voting point all through the State. The Police Mobile Force (PMF) headed by the plain Senior Officer will give security at the RAC, Super RAC and Collation focuses.

"Two Police Patrol Surveillance Helicopters, 30 Armored Personnel Carriers, Ten Armored Personnel Vehicles and 300 Police watch vehicles are as of now sent to cover the whole state including troublesome territories.

Other security and wellbeing offices who are individuals from Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in the State have additionally been presented on supplement the Nigeria Police Force amid the race."

The announcement included that unique security ID labels will be worn by all security work force sent for the race, as no staff of any security office will be permitted to move to some other area other than where they are conveyed all through the decision time frame.

Security faculty connected to open office holders and legislators, and different VIPs won't be permitted to take after their principals to the surveying units or gathering focuses all through the race.

In the interim, the IGP will today, go to a partners and peace accord meeting with INEC director and the 48 political gatherings partaking in the decision and their banner bearers, INEC authorities, race spectators and other licensed partners in Osogbo, Osun State.

Likewise, the Nigeria Police Force cautioned that it won't endure, support, or permit vote purchasing and pitching to occur anyplace in Osun State previously and amid the race.

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