Sokoto rerun: Police take drastic messures ahead of supplementary polls
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Danjuma, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting with leaders of the political parties in Sokoto.
“We are fully ready for the exercise and I want to assure you that in each polling unit where the re-run election will take place we will assign a team of four to five security personnel for the election. “Moreover, we don’t expect any incidents of thuggery before, during and after the polls; so, I urge you to work thoroughly to ensure peaceful election,” the police chief said.
Also speaking, the Assistant Inspector-General in charge of Zone 10 Sokoto, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, urged politicians to play the game according to the rules and assured them of the police neutrality.
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