'The armed forces, the police and other security agencies would be on ground. Every Nigerian, we are sure is tired of elections with violence and this will try to make a different.'
"The armed forces, the police and other security agencies would be on ground. Every Nigerian, we are sure is tired of elections with violence and this will try to make a different."The Chief of Defence Satff , Christopher Musa, has warned those planning to disrupt the 11 November governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi to stay off the states.
“We want at the end of the day, every Nigerian should be proud of, first to be a Nigerian and to understand that elections are now free and fair. Mr Musa advised that the presence of security agencies in the three states should not scare anybody, but those with plans to disrupt the election. He said that the security agencies were ready and committed to make the off-cycle elections free and fair.“We have carried out threat assessment and that has informed us in respect to allocation of our resources and the deployment of our men.
The IGP also shed more lights on why the police planned to hold its annual retreat in Imo, saying the choice of the state was deliberate.
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