Does anyone even have to wonder about this? Reason #1 why I FLED to Canada 2007-2012. Nigeria's election gun violence. In my case, they attacked all media houses in Ibadan, Nigeria protesting the election results we announced. We the media were bearer of the news and next thing Journalists were on a target list. Now Ekiti state a very popular Nigerian state has started to see some violence and below the Police Chief of the nation warns hoodlums in a press release.
EKITI GUBER POLLS. ...IGP Assures Adequate Security, Warns Trouble Makers to Keep Off.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, psc has assured Nigerian citizens, especially indigenes of Ekiti State, of the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant security agencies to provide effective security and ensure a smooth and orderly conduct of the Ekiti Gubernatorial election which comes up on the 21st June, 2014.
The IGP who gave this assurance during a brief meeting with the Police Management Team, Friday, 13th June, 2014, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, warns all trouble-makers and anti-social elements to stay away from Ekiti throughout the period of the election as the Police will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person, no matter how highly placed in society, who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.
To this end, the IGP has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, DIG Michael Zuokumor, NPM, fwc, to relocate to Ado-Ekiti, the Headquarters of Ekiti State so as to ensure adequate Police presence and coordination of all security operations for the election in all polling units and collation centres in the state.
Meanwhile, the IGP who has ordered all Police officers and men assigned to election duties in Ekiti State to ensure they work in line with the Police Code of Conduct and international best practices, called on the members of the public particularly politicians, gubernatorial candidates and other relevant stakeholders in Ekiti State to cooperate with the Police and other security agencies in the onerous but patriotic task of guaranteeing a hitch-free gubernatorial poll.
CSP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.
PRESS RELEASE
http://www.npf.gov.ng/news/view-news?id=303#.U5sY8fldWYo
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