(Vanguard) - Nigeria’s new police Inspector General, Solomon Arase, has assured
that officers will be fair to all Nigerians during Saturday’s
rescheduled elections in three states.
Supplementary governorship elections will hold in Imo, Abia and
Taraba States, after the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, declared the April 11 polls inconclusive.
The police faced allegations of bias during the elections.
Inspector General Suleiman Abba was fired by President Goodluck
Jonathan on Tuesday, apparently over police role in the elections.
His replacement, Mr. Arase, warned against electoral fraud or
violence, saying the police under his control will be decisive in
dealing with offenders.
He gave the warning after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja Thursday.
Mr. Arase said he briefed Mr. Jonathan on the preparedness of the police for the elections in the three states.
He said the police were deploying massively to the three states, and
assured there will be fairness to all political parties and the
electorate.
“Well, first and foremost, we still have some elections left in about
three states and we are doing some massive deployment of man material
and that is what I came to brief the C-in-C. I can assure you that we
are going to have a level playing field for people who want to vote on
Election Day,” he said.
“For the deviant, like I said yesterday, (they) will be decisively dealt with,” he said.
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