The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has expressed readiness to provide adequate security cover for the FCT Council polls.
Speaking to Channels Television on Saturday, the FCT Commissioner, Miller Dantawaye, said the police authorities have deployed in large numbers for the election.
He said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has also ordered the deployment of a CP in addition to other police personnel to support the FCT Police Command.
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[embedded content]“Deployments have commenced and virtually concluded. For us, every polling unit, as at this point, should have men unless they are a bit late. Electoral materials, to the best of my understanding, have started to arrive at polling units from RAC centers, which is what we charged INEC to do. INEC is also very disposed to it. They made that commitment, so materials policemen have started arriving there,” the CP said.
“As it is, our reason for ensuring that we commence early is to commence accreditation and voting in good time, conclude in good time, and then, if possible, the whole process ends in good time.
“FCT Police Command is committed; we are very ready, we’ve deployed massively. Monitoring of the elections has commenced.
“The Inspector General of Police, in his wisdom, has deployed massively from the Force Headquarters to give us support. As it is today, there’s another commissioner of police that has come to support us in monitoring so many officers from the headquarters at all cutting across all ranks, cutting across all ranks.
Channels Television reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would conduct polls in the nation’s capital.
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