LAGOS POLICE IMAGE MAKER, SAMUEL JINADU

Police to deploy 31, 000 for election.

No fewer than 31,000 policemen and officers and men from other security agencies will be on ground today for the Lagos State Local Government election.
Security personnel will also be drawn from the military, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety Commission and Lagos State Traffic Management Agency.
The personnel are to ensure that there is adequate security and that electoral materials are well protected during the exercise.
Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Samuel Jinadu, a Deputy Superintendent, who said adequate security would be provided at all polling stations and the office of the state electoral commission.
He warned all those who do not have anything to do with the election not to go anywhere near the polling station during the exercise as they risk being arrested.
Jinadu noted that the Commissioner of Police, Yakubu Alkali, had directed that anti-riot policemen be deploye in the state electoral office to ensure that materials get to their destinations on time and that they are not hijacked.
The PPRO urged Lagosians to obey the movement restriction order and ensure that they cast their votes within their local government areas.
He said that the only people who would be allowed to move about within the period of restriction are journalists, medical personnel, all those who are on essential duties and electoral officers deployed for the exercise.