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Bauchi Police assure of peaceful conduct of elections

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SELYAYARNAP , Bauchi

Bauchi State Police Command has assured that there would be adequate security before, during and after Presidential /National Assembly and Gubernatorial /State house of Assembly elections in the state.

Disclosing this to journalists in a press briefing on Friday on the preparations of the command on a hitch-free elections, the State Commissioner of Police, Ali Aji Janga ,warned that anyone found to be working against a peaceful conduct of the presidential and National Assembly election on Saturday , will be promptly dealt with in accordance with the Electoral Act and other relevant laws of the country .

He said all flash points in the state have been identified and additional security will be deployed to the areas to forestall any breach.

In order to ensure that the state was adequately policed, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed the DIG in charge of the North-East as well as one additional AIG to be in Bauchi for the elections.

“No VIP will be allowed to go to the polling center with security aides and l assure that all the Police personnel have been briefed to be civil and conduct themselves in a way that will promote peaceful conduct of the exercise”,Janga said .

Speaking on the resolve by some people to wait for the declaration of results after the collation, the CP said that there was nothing wrong with that but the Electoral Act provides that such people should stay 300 meters away from the polling station even as he warned that anyone found to be causing problems will be apprehended and prosecuted.

The Police boss reiterated that there would be restriction of vehicular movement between 12 midnight and 5pm on the election day, pointing out that only those on essential duties will be allowed to move after they must have been cleared by the Police to do so.

He also warned that there should be no announcement of results by unauthorized persons, saying that only accredited International and Domestic observers would be allowed to monitor the conduct of the elections.

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