In preparation for the forthcoming local government council election, with that of Local Council Development Authorities (LCDAs) in Lagos State, slated for Saturday, July 24, 2021, the police command has deployed its human and material resources to provide adequate security before, during and after the elections.
This, according to the command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Friday, July 23, to ensure free, fair and credible elections.
Giving directives to officers and men, as well as tactical commanders in the state on the command’s strategic deployment of resources, on Friday, at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja, the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu ordered that all Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission’s facilities, sensitive materials, polling units and collation centres must be adequately protected.
The Commissioner of Police also directed officers and men who had been detailed for the election duty to work hand-in-hand with other security operatives that had been incorporated into the security arrangements for the elections, and discharge their duties according to the standard operating procedure of the Nigeria Police and extant electoral laws.
Odumosu, however, warned politicians and their supporters, stakeholders and Lagosians to play the game according to the rules, as the police and other security agencies deployed for the exercise would not condone any act of thuggery, hooliganism, electoral malpractices and criminality in any part of the state before, during and after the elections.
“In addition, the Command has put measures in place to enforce the restriction of movement order across the state between the hours of 6am and 3pm on Saturday 24th July, 2021, with the exception of only those on election duty and essential services on the election day.
“The Commissioner of Police therefore assures the good people of Lagos State, LASIEC officials, candidates, accredited election observers and other actors in the elections, of adequate security before, during and after the elections, as the security architecture of the state has been fortified,” the PPRO stated.
