21st February, 2023
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Ahead of next Saturday’s election, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13 (Awka), Anambra State, AIG Abutu Yaro has been deployed to Rivers to supervise four commissioners also deployed to the State for the poll.
Also, Rivers Police Commissioner, Okon O. Effiong, has been redeployed to Enugu State for election duty.
SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the Rivers Police Command announced this in a statement on Tuesday.
She listed the four police commissioners deployed to the state to work with AIG Abutu Yaro for the election as CP Yomi Olanrewaju, CP Samuel Musa, CP Akande Sikiru, and CP Aderemi Adeoye.
“AIG Abutu Yaro, can be reached on GSM no. 08037233584, while the Commissioners of Police phone numbers will be made available in due course.
“The Command urges the people of Rivers State to come out en masse to exercise their franchise and vote for candidates of their choice; as adequate deployments have been made to ensure that elections are peaceful, secured, free, fair, and credible,” the police spokesperson said in the statement.