6000 Policemen For Ondo LG Polls ‘Morrow

Over 6000 policemen will
be deployed to maintain law and order during the local government area elections scheduled to hold in Ondo State this Saturday.
Also over 7000 ad-hoc staff of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) will participate in the poll .
The Police Commissioner for the state, Hilda Harrison and the ODIEC Chairman, Prof. Gbenga Ige said this in Akure during a security meeting organised ahead of the election.
Those present include the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko was represented by his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on political matters, Mr. Akin Akinbobola; the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi and Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the State, Mrs. Bosede Daramola.
Also present at the meeting were state chairmen of political parties, traditional rulers, representatives of Associations, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Hausa Communities amongst other stakeholders.
Harrison said they would ensure that the state which had been enjoying peace would not be turned to a political violent field before and after the election.
The Police chief pointed out that the police was collaborating with other security agencies in the state to ensure that there was no breakdown of law and order by political miscreants.
She said “we have been able to tell our people that thuggery and violence will not be tolerated during the election. We are expecting our people to be law abiding and they should go about exercising their civic right in accordance with the provisions of the laws. Therefore, we are deploying more than 6000 policemen to all the 18 local government areas of the state.”
On his part, ODIEC Chairman hinted that the ad-hoc staff were deployed to different categories for the poll. He the categories as presiding officers, supervising presiding officers, ward collation and local government returning officers.