Acting IG reiterates polices readiness for elections

FRSC deploys 20,000 personnel nationwideACTING Inspector General (IG) Mohammed Adamu has reiterated the police determination to ensure violence-free and credible 2019 general elections.He said the police would not be a tool for politicians or political parties during the exercise.Towards this end, Adamu said enough police personnel would be deployed to every part of the country to prevent violence and other electoral malpractices.The IG spoke in Abuja yesterday at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), where he said the police is ready for the election.The IG, who was represented by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Samuel Musa, said: We are ready for the election; we are determined to make sure that no single Nigerian is prevented from voting. We have strategies in place to protect election materials and personnel.What we want Nigerians to know is that what is wrong during the election periods is diversion of election materials, ballot box snatching, vote soliciting or buying would not be allowed. What is right is queue orderly, vote and maintain peace throughout the exercise.Saying that the theme of the meeting, Towards a credible 2019 election, the role of stakeholders was apt, the IG said the police was ready to perform their roles very seriously.He added: This is why we have been having training, retraining, seminars and workshops in-house as well as with other stakeholders.He also said to ensure that plans put in place for the successful prosecution of the election were not thwarted, adequate personnel would be provided for all election centres from the ward level to the result announcement centres.Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal Boboye Oyeyemi said 20,000 personnel would be deployed nationwide to compliment the security arrangement for the elections.According to Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Victor Nwokolo, who represented Oyeyemi, FRSC would be involved in forward and reverse logistics for the election.
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