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The Nigeria Police Force [NPF] has risen in defense of the 30,000 personnels deployed for forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election on Saturday, July 14, 2018.
Speaking on Channels Television Breakfast programme “Sunrise Daily”, Force Spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner of Police [DCP] Jimoh Moshood made the defense.
DCP Moshood said that Ekiti State is a ‘flashpoint’, hence the need for such deployment.
His words: “Ekiti is a flashpoint when it comes to politicking, you can remember what happened in the second republic, we don’t want a repeat of that.
“When the election is free and fair and election result is being announced, you still see people that want to disrupt the peace of other Nigerians.
“There is no over deployment in 30,000 police personnel, it is an adequate figure to ensure that everybody that has one business or the other that is authorised to play there role during the elections.”
The police spokesman said that the deployment is not peculiar to Ekiti State as same was done during Edo and Anambra elections.
“It is not only peculiar to Ekiti, in Edo,” he noted, “we deployed 25,000 police personnel. In Ondo, we deployed 26,000 and in Anambra, the same 26,000.
“We have carried out a threat analysis assessment throughout Ekiti State and we have confidence in our personnel to deliver appropriately.
“The utterance of stakeholders and leaders in Ekiti and other areas have been inciting and instigating.
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“We want people to have the confidence that the police is capable of securing them, and for them to be free to come out and vote. We want the will of the people to carry the day.
The Inspector General of Police [IGP], Ibrahim Idris had, on Sunday, announced that 30,000 police personnel will be deployed to Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election.
Those to be deployed include personnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Unit, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), Special Protection Unit (SPU), Anti-Bomb Squad (EOD), Conventional Policemen, Armament Unit, FCIID, and the sniffer dogs section.
Also to be deployed throughout the state are two Patrol Surveillance Helicopters, five additional Armoured Personnel Carriers, 10 Armoured Personnel Vehicles and 250 Police patrol vehicles.
According to IGP Idris, four policemen and two security operatives from other agencies would be on duty at each polling unit throughout the state.
Also, the PMF to be headed by a very senior officer would provide security at the RAC, Super RAC and collation centres.
https://www.channelstv.com/2018/07/09/why-we-are-deploying-30000-officers-for-ekiti-election-police/
