Supplementary Elections: IGP Deploys 5 DIGs, Three AIGs, 15 CPs

The Inspector Normal of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has introduced the deployment of 5 Deputy Inspectors Normal of Police (DIGs), three Assistant Inspectors Normal of Police (AIGs) and fifteen Assistant Inspectors Normal of Police (AIGs), to observe the supplementary elections in 5 state tomorrow.

Pressure Public Relations Officer Frank Mba, who made this recognized in a press release mentioned the deployment is to geared toward making certain a secure and safe atmosphere for the conduct of a a free and truthful elections within the affected states.

The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee(INEC), had mounted March 23, for supplementary elections in Adamawa, Plateau, Benue, Sokoto and Kano States the place it declared the elections carried out on March 9, as inconclusive.

Mba within the assertion made accessible to Each day Solar in Abuja reads; “In furtherance to his said dedication in the direction of making certain hitch-free elections within the Nation, the Inspector Normal of Police, Ag. IGP M.A Adamu, has directed the Zonal Assistant Inspectors Normal of Police and their respective Commissioners of Police in states the place supplementary elections are happening to make sure that satisfactory mechanisms are in place in the direction of making certain a secure and safe atmosphere for the conduct of the elections.

“To additional strengthen the safety preparations across the polls, the IGP has deployed 5 DIGs, three AIGs, fifteen extra CPs to offer supervision, course and assist to the present safety construction already in place in these States.

“The DIGs are deployed as follows: DIG Usman Tilli Abubakar, mni – Adamawa State, DIG Yakubu Jubrin, fsi – Benue State, DIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, fdc – Plateau State, DIG Anthony Ogbizi Michael, fdc – Kano State and DIG Godwin C. Nwobodo, fdc – Bauchi State. Out of the fifteen (15) extra CPs deployed, three (3) every have been deployed to Benue and Sokoto States, two (2) every have been deployed to Adamawa, Bauchi, Kano and Plateau States whereas Imo State received one.

“Whereas commending the officers for his or her sterling performances in earlier elections, the IGP charged them to stay patriotic, steadfast, skilled, impartial and civil, however agency, of their conducts and actions through the make-up elections. He warned politicians to not undermine the electoral course of by partaking in untoward practices similar to snatching of poll containers, vote buying and selling and violence of every kind, stressing that violators can be made to face the total penalties of the legislation.

“The IGP additionally enjoined the general public to cooperate with safety operatives, noting {that a} whole variety of Seven Hundred and Ninety Six (796) suspects have been arrested for varied electoral offences throughout the nation. These newest arrests convey the full variety of all of the suspects arrested within the two final rounds of elections to One Thousand, One Hundred and Nineteen (1,119). The IGP pledges healthful investigation and diligent prosecution in live performance with INEC”.