The Nigeria Police Force has announced the deployment of 30 Commissioners of Police and more than 15,000 personnel for Saturday’s Osun State governorship election.
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, disclosed this on Friday while briefing journalists in Osogbo on the security arrangements for the poll.
He said a Deputy Inspector-General of Police would coordinate security operations across the state, while each of the 30 Local Government Areas would have a dedicated police unit led by a Commissioner of Police.
Iniedu added that each local government would also have a Deputy Commissioner of Police, a Mobile Police commander and a PMF commander with the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.
According to him, two units of armed Mobile Police personnel, each comprising about 60 officers, have been deployed to the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Osogbo.
He also disclosed that police helicopters and drone units had arrived in the state to conduct aerial and area surveillance before, during and after the election.
The police spokesman said the military would cordon off major border routes into Osun from midnight on Saturday as part of measures to prevent disruption of the electoral process.
“We will be locking down the state. We will not be allowing any vehicular movement apart from those on essential duty, security duties and those going to cast their franchise,” he said.
Iniedu urged parents to caution their children against electoral offences, including intimidation, stalking, vote-buying and ballot-box snatching.
