TVC E. Re-run Elections: IGP deploys three CPs, AIG to Rivers State, warns policemen to be apolitical and professional
In furtherance of strategies designed to prevent electoral violence and thus to ensure a smooth and orderly conduct of the Rivers State Supplementary elections slated for Saturday, 19th March, 2016, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, fdc, NPM, directed the AIG in charge of Zone 6 Calabar, AIG Adisa Baba Bolanta to relocate to Port Harcourt today Monday 14th March, 2016 for pre-elections preparations with a view to emplace conducive environment for free, fair and credible election.
The IGP, while assuring the law-abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, warns all security details to desist from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centers during the election. He emphasizes that only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places.