The Police Service Commission (PSC) has commended the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force for resisting the hijack of off-cycle elections by miscreants.
The Police Service Commission has commended the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force for resisting the hijack of off-cycle elections by miscreants. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, in a statement on Sunday, said the Police Service Commission Staff Monitors deployed to the nine Senatorial districts of Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states said the policemen on election duty were courageous and fairly contained intermittent cases of attempts to hijack the elections.
' It said It said police officers were said to have arrived in most of the voting units in Bayelsa very early, properly dressed and exhibited a high level of professionalism. 'PSC Monitors sighted an average of two policemen in most of the voting units while in few others one Police personnel were seen. 'The Police were said to have sent early signals in Kogi State where it reportedly arrested several miscreants who attacked Polling Units.
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