Lagos Police Command deploys 1,000 officers for Edo governorship election
By Chioma Joseph
Lagos State Police Command has deployed 1,000 officers to complement other security personnel drafted for the Edo governorship election scheduled for Sept. 19.
This is contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Adejobi said that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu admonished officers from the Command to be of good conduct and exhibit professionalism in discharging their duties during the election.
“He further reiterated the commitment of the IGP to sustain the core values of democracy in Nigeria via fair, free and credible elections,” the police spokesman said. Odumosu said that adequate incentives and welfare packages as approved by the IGP had been provided to encourage and boost the morale of the officers detailed for the special duty.
The CP enjoined the officers to protect themselves and avoid any acts capable of denting the image of the Force and truncating the peaceful conduct of the election in Edo State, the statement said.
Meanwhile, security agencies in Edo on Sunday reassured residents of their commitment to ensure that the Sept. 19 governorship election was peaceful and violence free.
The reassurance was given during the second day of the inter agencies’ combined exercise, tagged “Inter Agencies Show of Force”.
SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edo Command who spoke to newsmen, said that the reassurance was imperative in order to allay fears by the electorate.
Nwabuzor said that with just six days to the election, political tension in the state had been heightened and there was the need to give confidence to residents.
He urged residents to be rest assured that the security agencies were up to the task of protecting and securing their lives, adding that they should come out on Saturday to vote for candidates of their choice.
Security agencies which participated in the exercise include the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Customs Service, and the Directorate of State Services.
Others were the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian Air force, Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigerian Immigration Service, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
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Areas monitored during the exercise include GRA, Ugbor area, Oliha/TV road axis, Ikpoba hill, Benin-Agbor-Asaba road axis.
Other areas were Sapele Road, Sokponba Road, Erediawa Road, and Murtala Mohammed way.
Ikpoba slope/Ramat park, Aduwawa Road, Upper mission extension, New Benin, New Lagos Road, Boundary road, Airport road, Akenzua road, Ekenhua road and the Uselu/ Lagos Road were also covered again.
