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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
To ensure a safe, secured and credible conduct of the 2023, general elections, the Inspector General of Police(IGP), Usman Baba, has approved the setting up of an Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Team.
The team to be deployed to all the states across the federation, would among others identify, analyze and mitigate threats, as well as carry out on-the-spot assessment and appraisal of the security emplacements ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Force public relations officer Olumiyiwa Adejobi, who made this known, said the team headed by AIG Garba Baba Umar, the Vice President (INTERPOL) and Head, National Crime Bureau (NCB), experienced and seasoned Police Officers with vast knowledge in election security management as members.
Other members of the team include the AIG Force Secretary, AIG Habu Sani, CP Election Monitoring, CP Basil Idegwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, seven Commissioners of Police, 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police, 30 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 30 Chief Superintendents of Police, and 16 Strategic Officers of other ranks.
The IGP, while reiterating the commitment of the Police to ensuring that the elections are safe, secure, credible, and in line with global best practices, tasked the team to ensure the propriety of deployments, give real-time coverage of the electoral process, and safeguard against hostile external and internal influence using INTERPOL, anti-cybercrime and intelligence tools and assets of the Nigeria Police Force.
In the same vein, the IGP reaffirms the establishment and viability of the Electoral Offences Desks domiciled at the State Criminal Investigation Departments (SCID) of all commands across the nation headed by the Assistant Commissioners of Police in charge of the SCID. The Electoral Offences Desk is saddled with the responsibility of collating, investigating and prosecuting all matters relating to electoral offences nationwide.
To this point end, the IGP, has called on Nigerians, international communities, and all stakeholders to support the police teams in all areas, particularly on intelligence sharing and regular engagements, to achieve success in the 2023 General Elections.
