Buhari: Police Must Remain Apolitical, Ensure Peaceful 2023 Polls •Recommits to free, fair elections, wants Nigerians to elect their choice Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos, Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Amby Uneze in Owerri
Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos, Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Amby Uneze in Owerri
He said, ”As I have often observed, elections are local, and it is only when the votes truly count that the faith of the citizens in the democratic process can be demonstrated and government legitimacy assured. This can best be guaranteed through a well-policed election and security operations that are impartial, firm and professional.
”My vision is also to bequeath to the nation a Police Force that is not only modernised, but well-funded, suitably equipped, and appropriately re-oriented to effectively police our democracy and guarantee a stable internal security order under a citizen-led, technology-driven, rule of law guided by intelligence-based policing Models.
President Buhari also reiterated his commitment to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice. Buhari also listed the approval of a new and befitting salary and welfare regime that aligned the remuneration of police personnel to the dictates of their critical functions, adding that funds had been released to support the recruitment of 10,000 police constables annually, to address the wide manpower gap in the force.
Earlier in his speech, Uzodinma called on the Police to ensure that the strategic plan for the 2023 general elections should make it mandatory for all candidates to undertake an oath denouncing electoral violence, noting that candidates should also be made to sign an undertaking that all disputes over election results can only be challenged peacefully through the court processes ”and parties to the dispute must be bound by the outcome of that process.
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