Police launch Operation Puff Adder
Sango-Ota (Ogun) _ The Police Command in Ogun on Thursday warned the residents to avoid any form of hooliganism and violence that might distort the conduct of governorship and House of Assembly elections slated for Saturday.
A Nigerian police SWAT personnel member sits alert with a machine gun on a vehicle stationed at the entrance of Rivers State collation centre in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019. – Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari kept a lead over his main rival in the race to become Nigeria’s next president, with nearly half of all states declared. The death toll from violence linked to the vote meanwhile increased from 39 to 47, according to the Situation Room umbrella group of civil society election monitors. AFP
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Mr Bimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning in an interview .
Oyeyemi said the advice became necessary as the command would not tolerate any act that would hinder the smooth conduct of the elections.
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He also said that the command had put in place adequate and elaborate security arrangements that would ensure free and fair elections.
He said there was no reason for the citizens of thye state to express fears concerning Saturday’s elections in the state since the Presidential and National Assembly elections were successful.
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“All the special and tactical units like the SARS, the Police Mobile Force, State Criminal and Investigation Department, Kidnapping and Occultism Department are on ground to deal decisively with anybody that may want to distort the process of the elections on Saturday,” he said.
Oyeyemi said that the command operations would be headed by an Assistant Inspector General of police (AIG).
The AIG would oversee the three commissioners of police deployed to manage the three senatorial districts across the state to check any misconduct during the elections.
“We implore the residents of the state to come out en-masse to cast their votes and exercise their civil rights without any fears,” he said. (NAN)
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