The Inspector-General of Police,
IGP, Mohammad Adamu has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all security aides
attached to governors, their deputies, public office holders, politicians and
other personalities involved in the Bayelsa and Kogi States election.
This was disclosed by the Deputy
Inspector General, DIG of Police in charge of operations at the Force
Headquarters, DIG Abdulmajid Ali, while addressing journalists yesterday in
Lokoja, the state capital.
Ali disclosed that security aides
would remain withdrawn from the affected politicians and public office holders
until the elections are over.
He stated that the Force has made
adequate deployments to guarantee a safe environment for the conduct of
Saturday’s elections.
Ali said: “We are not unaware of
the possible security threats that some misguided political actors and their
followers may attempt to pose during the elections in both states.
“To such elements, we must sound
a note of warning that as a nation, we have had enough of electoral violence.
“Hence, while the Nigeria Police
shall strive to guarantee a peaceful and secure space for all political parties
and the citizens to freely exercise their electoral rights, we shall not
hesitate to identify, isolate and bring to deserved justice any person or group
of persons that attempt to threaten the democratic order in Kogi and Bayelsa
states.”
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