The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday assured Nigerian citizens, especially indigenes of Ekiti State, of the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant security agencies to provide effective security and ensure a smooth and orderly conduct of the Ekiti gubernatorial election, come 21st June 2014.
IGP Abubakar, who gave this assurance during a brief meeting with the Police management team on Friday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, warned all trouble-makers and anti-social elements to stay away from Ekiti throughout the period of the election because the police would not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person ― no matter how highly placed in the society ― who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.
Abubakar thus directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Michael Zuokumor, to relocate to Ado-Ekiti, the headquarters of Ekiti State so as to ensure adequate police presence and coordination of all security operations for the election in all polling units and collation centres in the state.
Meanwhile, the IGP who has ordered all Police officers and men assigned to election duties in Ekiti State to ensure they work in line with the Police Code of Conduct and international best practices, called on the members of the public particularly politicians, gubernatorial candidates and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate with the police and other security agencies “in the onerous but patriotic task of guaranteeing a hitch-free gubernatorial poll.”
