Police announce special security arrangement for Osun election

The Nigeria Police has announced a special police security arrangement for Osun State Governorship election scheduled to hold this weekend, September 22nd, stating that a Deputy Inspector General of police DIG -DOPS has been deployed to coordinate it.

According to a statement released yesterday in Abuja by the force public relations officer, Ag DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Department of Operations who is already on ground in Osun state will be assisted by an Assistant Inspector General of Police and Eight (8) Commissioners of Police and other senior Officers.

He said that each of the eight Police area commands in Osun State will be manned by a Commissioner of Police.

Besides coordinating the security the DIG, will deploy all personnel of other security agencies under the Inter Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for the election throughout the 3,764 Polling units/voting points in the 332 Wards and the 30 LGAs of the State.

Personnel of certain special units of the police trained for election duties, security and electoral act such the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), the Special Protection Unit (SPU), the Anti Bomb Squad (EOD), Conventional Policemen, the Armament Unit, personnel of FCIID, IGP Monitoring, IGP IRT teams, the Sniffer dogs section and the Mounted Troop are also being moved to Osun State.

Four unarmed Policemen and two others from other security agencies will be on duty at each voting point throughout the State. The Police Mobile Force (PMF) headed by the very Senior Officer will provide security at the RAC, Super RAC and Collation centres.

Two police patrol surveillance helicopters, 30 armoured personnel carriers, Ten armoured personnel vehicles and 300 police patrol vehicles are already deployed to cover the entire State including difficult terrains.

Other security and safety agencies who are members of Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in the State have also been posted to complement the Nigeria police force during the election.

Moshood said that the elaborate security arrangement to ensure that secured environment is guaranteed for a peaceful and credible election.

The police are also concern about adequate security for safety of life and property before, during and after the election, he stated.