I-G of Police visits INEC, says Police is ready for elections

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E Arase, on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, where he met with INEC acting chairman, Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari.

In a statement issued by ACP Olabisi Kolawole, acting Police PRO, the visit by Arase is aimed at cementing the existing relationship between NPF and INEC and also to ensure the actualization of INEC’s mandate.

The IGP stated that Police Commissioners nationwide have been directed to ensure adequate security at INEC offices and also at election tribunal sittings.

In her response, Zakari used the occasion to intimate the visiting IGP of INEC’s readiness to work with the police in ensuring successes on the forth coming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.

In another development, the IGP has given State Commissioners of Police a one week ultimatum to report on their compliance to earlier directives on withdrawal of policemen attached to unauthorized persons across the Country, and reduction of police personnel to political office holders.