Lagos State Police Command ordered that the state Independent Electoral Commission’s facilities, polling units and collation centres must be adequately protected.
Gatekeepers News reports that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, gave the directives to officers and tactical Commanders in the state on Friday, 23rd July 2021, at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja.
Odumosu deployed the human and material resources to provide adequate security before, during, and after the elections which have been slated for Saturday, 24th July 2021.
The Commissioner of Police has also directed officers and men who have been detailed for the election duty to work hand in hand with other security operatives that are being incorporated into the security arrangements for the elections.
He enjoined them to discharge their duties according to the Standard Operating Prosecure of the Nigeria Police and extant electoral laws.
Odumosu warned politicians and their supporters, stakeholders and Lagosians to play the game according to the rules as the police and other security agencies deployed for the exercise.
He said the force will not condone any act of thuggery, hooliganism, electoral malpractices, and criminality in any part of the state before, during, and after the Local Government Councils elections.
In addition, the Command has put measures in place to enforce the restriction of movement order across the state between the hours of 6 am and 3 pm on Saturday 24th July 2021, with the exception of only those on election duty and essential services on the election day.
The Commissioner of Police, therefore, assured that there will be adequate security before, during and after the elections as the security architecture of the state has been fortified.
