By Our Correspondent<\/p>\n
Less than two weeks to Osun state governorship election, the Nigeria Police Force has deployed about 15,000 personnel to Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election, warning that any individual or group that attempts to disrupt the electoral process will be arrested and dealt with in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner of Police for election in Osun state, Samuel Etaifo Erale, disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing officers in Osogbo.<\/p>\n
Erale said the deployment was part of the mandate given to him by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to create a level playing field for all political parties and ensure that residents are able to exercise their franchise without fear, intimidation or harassment.<\/p>\n
According to him, the deployment comprises Commissioners of Police, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, the Police Mobile Force and other specialised units, with senior officers, including a Deputy Inspector-General of Police and an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, expected to join the security operation.<\/p>\n
He said the police had originally planned to deploy personnel three to four days before the election, but the prevailing political tension in the state prompted the Inspector-General of Police to direct an earlier deployment.<\/p>\n
Erale said the early arrival of the personnel was aimed at restoring confidence among residents, securing critical locations and creating a safe environment for voters, political actors, INEC officials and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mandate is to create a level playing field and make sure everyone exercises their franchise. We want to give all political parties equal opportunity and ensure that the people of Osun State can come out and vote without fear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He explained that the police had also cleared the road for the safe movement and arrival of other security agencies, as well as officials and materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Our Correspondent Less than two weeks to Osun state governorship election, the Nigeria Police Force has deployed about 15,000 personnel to Osun State ahead of the August 15 governorship election, warning that any individual or group that attempts to disrupt the electoral process will be arrested and dealt with in accordance with the law. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16340,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions\/16340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}