Few days to the governorship election in Edo State, the Deputy
Inspector General of Police in charge of research and planning, DIG
Adeleye Oyebade has outlined the level of readiness by the force in the
forthcoming poll.
DIG Oyebade in a press briefing at the headquarters of Edo State
Police Command in Benin City said, as part of sincere effort to ensure
security for elections they would be setting up an inter-agency
consultative committee on election security.
According to him’ this committee to be replicated at the state and
local government levels will comprise members drawn from the Nigerian
Police force, Armed forces, the department of state services, the
Nigeria security and civil defence corps, Prisons, Nigeria customs
service, Road safety, NDLEA and INEC.
‘To achieve our mandate, members of the committee are determined to
work assiduously with a common purpose and collectively without fear or
favour. We will ensure that the confidence reposed on us is not
betrayed. We are very ready for action.
He noted that the Nigeria police is ever ready for actions that are
capable of promoting and ensuring a free, fair and credible election and
are ready for professional conduct.
‘We are not oblivious of the prevailing circumstance globally as it
concerns the COVID-19 pandemic. This has placed much more duty on us to
be conscious of our safety and that of others he added.
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