The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has clarified media reports that he said voters should go home after casting their votes. He said he only advised voters to leave polling centres after exercising their franchise but did not order them to leave.
He, however, said that those who desired to stay and monitor their vote should remain 300 metres away from the centres in line with the act.
Abba made the clarification in response to a question on Tuesday before a closed-door meeting with 90 commanders of some special units of the force.
“The police did not ban anyone from the polling units after casting their vote, we only advise people to cast their vote and leave the polling units,” he said.
The I-G further explained that he gave the advice as part of security measures to check violence and in line with the Electoral Act.
Abba charged the commanders comprising 59 Police Mobile Force Squadron commanders, 19 Counter-terrorism Units and 12 Special Protection Unit Commanders to be alive to their responsibilities.
He said that their units would be deployed as intervention teams on election days to respond to any outbreak of violence.
The I-G assured that all necessary measures had been adopted to provide adequate security in the 150,000 polling units across the country, as well as to prevent violence before, during and after voting.
He also said that the units would remain on ground to deal with any possible post-election violence. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I think this man is confused or want to or is acting a script from the presidency.
ReplyDeleteMr IG stupid we will not away even in 1mitre to our polling unit let me assured u this any police that try to ask us to leave the polling unit place he will see what will happened, do you think we are afraid of any security agent the answer is capital NO, we will not accept rigging this time 3 days remain just watch us IG we know u became politician PDP is paying u what ever u want, i ask u to save your boys we will not accept any misbehave from police nonsense police, we will wait not far from our unit IG no one can stop us that is final, go and stop book haram not innocent people "bringbackourgirls" this no security agent can scared us....
ReplyDeleteThen be ready to be shot in the head cos u are very sick. Are there not party agents whose job is to monitor the electoral processes after voting must have ended? If party agents compromise by collecting bribe, it is their party's business not yours after all, all parties wants to win so they should know the kind of agents they employ.
DeleteNo be only 300 meters. We will stay a d make sure our votes are counted. Go to Sambisa Forrest and stop talking rubbish.
ReplyDeleteYou can only talk here, when u get to the polling boot, after casting your vote, remain there lets see what will happen to you. Talking as if you are being fed from the anus.
DeleteYour mother must have fed you with tape worms. Wasted product of a watery sperm. We will stay at the polling units, all you election riggers can rot in hell. No chance of rigging even by the compromised security agencies. Olosi. Even your mama piss told PDPigs supporters to stay. Retard.
DeleteAn IG without spatial knowledge! It is a pity.
ReplyDeleteWe all stayed back, protected the votes, ensure it was counted, announced with some of recording on video.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jonathan won the election because it was the people's wish then.
The odds "seem" stacked against them now and they want us to go home after voting.
Na wa o!!! What sort of power drunk and power hungry leaders do we have.
Please deliver us o Lord!!!