Polls: Security Agencies In Kogi Display Capacity To Withstand Crisis, Warn Trouble Makers
CP Yekini A. Ayoku
By Dada Ahmed in Lokoja.
The security agencies in Kogi State have displayed their capacity to withstand any crisis that may come up during and after the February 25 electíons in the state.
Our Correspondent reports that this they did by displaying such power in a convoy round the major streets of Lokoja, the state capital on Thursday,48 hours to the polls.
To match words with action,the Commissioner of Police in charge of election security in Kogi State, CP Yekini A. Ayoku,has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement from midnight of Saturday 25/2/2023 to 6 p.m of Saturday 25/2/2023 Election Day, except those on essential services such as INEC official, election observers, Firefighters, Ambulances, among others.
This is in compliance with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations officer PRO Kogi State Command,SP William Ayah in Lokoja on Thursday, the police boss said the “order is aimed at ensuring safety of the electorate, secure a conducive, safe, and secure environment for the conduct of the 2023 General elections.
He further assured the good people of Kogi State of the adequate security measures put in place by the Command in synergy with other security agencies to guarantee the security and safety of lives and properties before, during, and after the election.
The PPRO qouted his boss as disclosing this while addressing the joint security personnel deployed for the show of force at the Police Command Headquarters, Lokoja.
The CP urged the members of the public to come out and vote as adequate security arrangement had been made to ensure a violence-free election.
He cautioned the would-be troublemakers who may want to test the capacity of the security forces to desist from such an act, as anybody found culpable would be dealt with according to the law.
The Commissioner of Police, while noting that the ban on the unauthorized use of sirens, revolving lights, and covered registration number plates are still in force, called on VIPS to abide by the directive that nobody should move around with security details.
He also warned all security aides to cease from accompanying their principals to polling booths as anyone found flouting this directive would be sanctioned accordingly.
Similarly, the CP further disclosed that the use of unauthorized security outfits is barred from participating in the election security management.
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