3rd November, 2017
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on Friday disclosed that about 21,000 policemen, water boats and helicopters would be mobilised for the governorship elections coming up in Anambra State on November 18.
Speaking in Abuja, Idris said the police were fully ready for the election and that the police would ensure that the Anambra poll was free and fair.
“We are deploring a lot of police officers, almost about 21,000 police officers to be able to provide adequate security in the Anambra election. We are deploying our water boats to take care of the waterways; we are deploying our helicopters to take care of the aerial surveillance and we are deploying our conventional policemen and special police units to take care of situations on ground,” he said.
The police boss also said his officers were on top of the situation as far as safety on Kaduna-Abuja highway was concerned.
He said special units were deployed, resulting in the arrest of at least 3,000 suspects being held in various police stations.
He said with the death penalty approved for kidnappers by the National Assembly, cases of kidnapping would soon reduce drastically, PUNCH reports.