- Police IG, Mohammed Adamu, has redeployed top officers in the force ahead of the March 21 supplementary election
- Those deployed by the IG include five deputy inspectors-general of police and three assistant inspectors of police
- Adamu said the redeployment was necessary to further strengthen security during the supplementary elections
The acting inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed five deputy inspectors-general of police and three assistant inspectors of police ( AIGs) to further strengthen security during the supplementary elections on Saturday, March 23.
Others deployed are 15 additional commissioners of police to provide supervision, direction and support to the existing security already in place in states where the elections would hold.
A statement by the force spokesman, ACP Frank Mba disclosed this on Thursday, March 21, in Abuja, NAN reports
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The DIGs are: DIG Usman Tilli Abubakar, Adamawa, Yakubu Jubrin, Benue, Taiwo Lakanu, Plateau, Anthony Ogbizi, Kano and Godwin Nwobodo, Bauchi State.
The spokesman said that out of the 15 CPs, three each were deployed to Benue and Sokoto, two each to Adamawa, Bauchi, Kano and Plateau states while Imo got one.
Mba said that the IG has also directed the zonal AIGs and their respective CPs in states where elections would take place to ensure adequate security.
Mba said the police boss charged them to remain patriotic, steadfast, professional, neutral and civil, but firm, in their conducts and actions during the elections.
He warned politicians not to undermine the electoral process by engage in ballot box snatching, vote trading and violence of all kinds.
Adamu also enjoined the public to cooperate with security operatives for successful conduct of the elections.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had vowed to proceed with its plan to conduct the supplementary elections in Bauchi on Saturday, March 23, despite an earlier court order barring it from doing so.
The electoral commission made the disclosure on Thursday, March 21, at a press briefing by its spokesperson, Festus Okoye, in Abuja.
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