Dayo Johnson & Dapo Akinrefon, Akure

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, security has been beefed up at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, located at the Alagbaka area in Akure, the state capital.

Vanguard learned that personnel from the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Army, Department of State Services, have been deployed at the INEC office to maintain peace and order.

The security personnel manned strategic positions at the INEC state office with sniffer dogs.

Roadblocks were mounted 500 metres away in all the roads leading to the office by men of the Nigerian Army.

The routes leading to the office were closed to vehicular movement just as only accredited individuals were allowed access to the place.

Also, individuals were subjected to thorough screenings by men of the Nigerian Police as well as the military operatives at the venue.