Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said that about 35, 000 security personnel will be deployed to provide security cover for the September 21 governorship elections in Edo state.
This is in addition to about 80,000 other security personnel drawn from other sister security agencies.
Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Benin, Egbetokun disclosed that no local security outfits operating in the State will be allowed to be part of the election, adding that their operations remained suspended.
The IGP spoke just as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the commission was ready to conduct a free, fair, and transparent election.
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According to the Police boss, the Nigerian Police was solely responsible for the management of election security working in collaboration with other national security agencies under the purview of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
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