Rivers Police Command said it has deployed 3,066 personnel to parts of the state where supplementary election is holding today, Saturday, April 13.
It also announced the restriction of movement in the affected local governments which began at 11:59 a.m. on Friday to end at 2 p.m. on Saturday
The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Nmandi Omoni, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday said the police would be assisted by sister security agencies to maintain the peace, assuring that they were ready.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on March 21, announced plans to for the supplementary elections in Abua/Odua, Ahoada West, Gokana and Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Areas of the state for the state assembly.
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The statement read in part: “The Command has deployed a total of 3,066 personnel to be complemented by other sister security agencies to provide security and maintenance of law and order in the affected LGAs.
“This was done to realise the full objectives of the supplementary election as well as engender a seamless exercise.
“Politicians are barred from going to the polling units with security details. This will not be tolerated.
“The police and other security agencies will be on patrol to ensure strict compliance to this order and possibly make arrest of election violators.”