Elections: Police to deploy “Tactical Teams’’ to flash points in Benue vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, Mr Chris Okey, made this known at a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Makurdi.
“I will be personally move round to ensure that no political office holder entitled to security personnel goes about with them. If I see them, both of them will be arrested by me.The AIG admitted that the governorship election would be contentious because of the “localized politics’’ in the state, but urged security managers to be proactive in dealing with emerging situations.
Okey also warned those selling alcoholic beverages near polling points to stop or face the wrath of the law. He said that the command had drawn lessons from the presidential and national assembly elections and was ready to police the polls.
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