Elections: Rivers Police command deploys 15,544 personnel vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Mr. Usman Belel, the State Commissioner of Police, said this on Thursday in Port Harcourt at a news conference.
He said that 319 wards and 4,442 polling units and 2,424 voting points would be covered by police personnel deployed for election duties in Rivers.He said: “There will be an outer perimeter deployment of armed men to guide against infiltration and hijack of the process by hoodlums or persons that want to foment trouble.”
He said special attention would be on Independent National Electoral Commission offices in the state. “There will be a total restriction of movement of persons, vehicles, boats, on land and waterways between 12.00 midnight on Friday and 6.00 p.m. on Saturday, except those on essential duties,” Belel said.
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