Guber Polls: IGP Tasks Strategic Police Managers On Stakeholders Engagement
…Directs commands to handover electoral case files to INEC for prosecution
In a bid to ensure an all-inclusive election security management that would accord Nigerians t benefits and leverage of active participation to achieve free, fair, and credible Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections on March 18, 2023, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has tasked Strategic Police Managers to engage stakeholders in their respective jurisdictions through town hall meetings and other viable avenues.
This was as he directed Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands to ensure that investigations into all cases of violations against the 2022 Electoral Act during the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly electioneering process are swiftly concluded.
The IGP also directed that the case files should be forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for prosecution.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumiyiwa Adejobi, stated that the IGP urged well-meaning members of the public to collaborate with the Police and other law enforcement agencies tasked with election security management, to ensure a hitch-free security architecture for all and sundry, particularly the electorates, accredited observers, INEC officials and materials so that all citizens can exercise their franchise without molestation, harassment and security threats.
