The Inspector-General of Police
(IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, has deployed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police
(AIG), Bala M Nasarawa, to supervise security arrangements in the Ekiti
governorship election.
He has, however, stepped down the Ekiti police commissioner and replaces him with CP Ikechukwu Aduba, who will function as CP in charge of Ekiti State for the period of the election.
This is part of measures aimed at ensuring proper coordination of security operations and also to ensure that the election is hitch-free devoid of electoral fraud.
The AIG will be assisted by four other Commissioners of Police. Three CPs will be specifically saddled with the responsibility of supervising security arrangements in the three senatorial districts of the state. They include Danladi Y. Mshelbwala (Ekiti-North), Mohammed Ibrahim (Ekiti-Central) and Augustine Eubakhabokum (Ekiti-South).
Hosea Karma (CP in charge of PMF) will be charged with the responsibility of supervising the operations of the Police Mobile Force and other Special Strike Forces.
In the same vein, the IGP has also placed an order banning movements in and out of Ekiti State with effect from 6pm on Thursday till the elections are over.
A statement by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, noted that on Saturday, which is the day of the election, movements would be restricted within the state between 6am to 8pm. Consequently, the states of Kwara, Kogi, Ondo and Osun, which are contiguous to Ekiti State, would have increased police presence with all entry and exit points in and out of Ekiti maximally policed.
However, persons on essential duties such as ambulance service providers, INEC officials, on-duty security men, accredited election monitors/observers, accredited journalists, etc are not affected by this order.
The statement explained that the restriction order was informed by the exigencies of overriding security considerations, noting that the Force is not ignorant of the citizen’s right to freedom of movement, as enshrined in the constitution.
He has, however, stepped down the Ekiti police commissioner and replaces him with CP Ikechukwu Aduba, who will function as CP in charge of Ekiti State for the period of the election.
This is part of measures aimed at ensuring proper coordination of security operations and also to ensure that the election is hitch-free devoid of electoral fraud.
The AIG will be assisted by four other Commissioners of Police. Three CPs will be specifically saddled with the responsibility of supervising security arrangements in the three senatorial districts of the state. They include Danladi Y. Mshelbwala (Ekiti-North), Mohammed Ibrahim (Ekiti-Central) and Augustine Eubakhabokum (Ekiti-South).
Hosea Karma (CP in charge of PMF) will be charged with the responsibility of supervising the operations of the Police Mobile Force and other Special Strike Forces.
In the same vein, the IGP has also placed an order banning movements in and out of Ekiti State with effect from 6pm on Thursday till the elections are over.
A statement by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, noted that on Saturday, which is the day of the election, movements would be restricted within the state between 6am to 8pm. Consequently, the states of Kwara, Kogi, Ondo and Osun, which are contiguous to Ekiti State, would have increased police presence with all entry and exit points in and out of Ekiti maximally policed.
However, persons on essential duties such as ambulance service providers, INEC officials, on-duty security men, accredited election monitors/observers, accredited journalists, etc are not affected by this order.
The statement explained that the restriction order was informed by the exigencies of overriding security considerations, noting that the Force is not ignorant of the citizen’s right to freedom of movement, as enshrined in the constitution.
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