About eight Commissioners of Police, including two helicopters, 30 armoured personnel carriers, and 300 patrol vehicles have been deployed for the Osun State governorship election on September 22.
Jimoh Moshood, the force spokesman announced this on Sunday, adding that the exercise would be coordinated by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), Habilah Joshak, and would be helped by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG.
“The IGP deploys adequate police personnel for the Osun State September 22 governorship election. This security arrangement would be implemented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operation) and would be assisted by an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) and eight commissioners of police,” he said.
Moshood reiterated the commitment of the police in providing adequate security to residents of the state before, during and after the election.
The personnel comprises the Police Mobile Force, Counter-Terrorism Unit; the Special Protection Unit; the Anti Bomb Squad; conventional policemen; the Armament Unit, personnel of Federal Investigation and Intelligence Department, IGP Monitoring, IGP Intelligence Response teams, the Sniffer dogs section and the Mounted Troop.
The police spokesman also warned against vote buying, saying that anyone caught buying and selling will be dealt with according to the law.
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