The Kogi State Police Command has disclosed it will deploy over 40,000 of its officers across the state to ensure a peaceful conduct of the Nov. 11 gubernatorial election.
Bethrand Onuoha, the state Commissioner of Police, CP, who made this known in a telephone interview with NAN in Lokoja on Monday, said that the plan to deploy a large number of personnel was informed by past experiences in the state.
He said: “As it is, we have marked out some security flash points for more vigilance even though recent happenings signalled to us that the whole Kogi is a flashpoint.
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“From the number of security personnel we are deploying for this election, it’s enough testimony to tell you that the state needs more security checks.
“With the presence of adequate security personnel in Kogi, we are calling on everybody to come out and exercise his or her civic right in this forthcoming Nov 11 governorship election.
“We are going to swam the state with enough security personnel and by the special grace of God, with our actions and sanctions, we are going to confound our detractors,”
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He added: “God is telling me that this election is going to be better than all the elections ever held here in Kogi.
“We have directed our personnel to be fair to everybody because we come here to serve the people and not any particular individual.”
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He urged politicians to play according to the rules of the game, saying that elections would come and go, and while the people would remain.
“We expect that they should adopt Politics without bitterness. Your brother is your brother, no matter where he belongs politically, ” NAN
