……As security Heads meet INEC officials, insist Naira crisis won’t stop polls
More than 7,000 security personnel and soldiers will be deployed across strategic locations in Ondo State to provide security for electoral officials and voters during this Saturday’s general election.
Similarly, the independent national electoral commission, INEC, says it has trained a total of 17,562 ad-hoc staff and corps members for the conduct of the elections in Ondo state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Oyeyemi Oyediran and the Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Oyekola Oyelami, gave the indication at Police officers’ Mess in Akure, after a special meeting held by Heads of Security agencies with INEC officials as part of preparations for the general election.
The Police Commissioner who was flanked by other security chiefs in the state, noted the deployment of security operatives had started, but warned that act of political thuggery would not be condoned during the elections.
Oyelami who said the election would take place in 3,923 polling units in the state, insisted that the current naira and fuel crises would not stop the conduct of the elections.
The Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, said “a total of 17,562 ad-hoc personnel will be deployed to 3,923 polling units across the state.
Similarly, the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service said it has recovered three Permanent Voter Cards and one National Identity cards from aliens in the state ahead of Saturday’s general elections.
