Presidential Election: AIG Promises Adequate Security in Rivers

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 13 (Awka), Anambra State, Abutu Yaro, alongside other four Commissioners of Police deployed to Rivers State to supervise the 2023 general elections, has assured the state of adequate security before, during and after the polls.

The AIG, who briefed journalists yesterday at the police headquarters on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, noted that election is not war but a political process which should be peaceful with a comfortable outcome.

Yaro warned trouble makers and persons who intend to disrupt the peace of the state during the elections to steer clear, saying the police and other security agencies will not allow such to thrive.

AIG Yaro said the delegation was mandated by the Inspector General Police (IG) to undertake election security management for the election, stressing that the police are determined to ensure professionalism and rancour-free election in Rivers State.

He commended officers of the Police command, sisters agencies for maintaining a stable security in the state, calling for more professionalism which he said should be in tandem with the law, especially the electoral act and  criminal code.

According to the police chief, “There is no alternative to peace. We encourage all persons and all police officers to be professional in the discharge of their duties. We will ensure the election is rancour-free and peaceful. We keep you abreast as the election progress.

“The only legacy we can impact as individuals is the legacy of peace. We owe a duty to God and to the state to preserve the legacy of peace.”

THISDAY observed at the briefing that three Commissioners of Police were deployed to each of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, while the fourth CP is deployed as resident Commissioner of Police in the state police headquarters.