The Inspector Basic of Police, Dr. Kayode Egbetokun, has introduced the deployment of CP Abayomi Shogunle, PhD, to go election responsibility in Anambra State through the November 8 governorship election.
This was conveyed to journalists in a press launch by the spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.
Ikenga, within the launch, introduced that Shogunle had already resumed because the Commissioner of Police to take cost of policing within the state for the forthcoming Anambra election.
Ikenga mentioned: “Upon assumption of responsibility, CP Shogunle activated the IGP’s Enforcement Protocol for anti-electoral offences to make sure zero tolerance for poll snatching, vote shopping for, political thuggery, and voter intimidation.
“The CP has additionally emplaced a central command framework to make sure real-time intelligence sharing, coordination, and fast response, with a joint deployment of over 60,000 safety personnel of companies throughout the Inter-Company Consultative Committee on Election Safety (ICCES), who will safe the 5,720 polling models with tactical reserves alongside inter-LGA and state boundaries, and likewise designated election collation facilities.
“The CP has additionally stepped up the Electoral Offences Desk to observe social media and on-line areas in the direction of figuring out cyber-related crimes for immediate investigation and prosecution.”
He mentioned CP Shogunle’s posting was consistent with the policing operational technique authorised by the Inspector Basic of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, which is aimed toward enhancing strategic safety planning in the direction of guaranteeing a peaceable, credible, and clear electoral course of within the state.
Ikenga quoted the CP as reiterating the entire ban on all vigilante teams corresponding to Agunechemba and all different quasi-security teams within the state, as solely the federal authorities safety companies are approved to supply election safety duties as offered by the legal guidelines of the federation.
He mentioned VIP actions with armed escorts or safety aides at polling or collation facilities are strictly prohibited, as violators will face quick apprehension, withdrawal of such escorts, and prosecution.
“Solely designated INEC officers, accredited observers, and journalists are allowed to maneuver freely between designated areas.”
