Contrary to earlier reports that 30 Commissioners of Police (CPs) would be deployed for the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, the Police said yesterday that only eight CPs would be deployed in the state.
According to the Police, the senior police officers expected to supervise security arrangements in the state would man the eight area commands and not each local government as reported.
The election is slated for September 22, 2018.
The clarification is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Force Spokesman, Ag. DCP Jimoh Moshood, yesterday.
The statement reads: โThe attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to publications in some sections of the media reporting that 30 Commissioners of Police will be deployed to supervise security arrangements for the Osun State gubernatorial election coming up on 22nd September, 2018.
โThe Force wishes to categorically state that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, during a one-day seminar on imperativeness of Police collaboration with essential stakeholders towards secured, free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria, held in Oshogbo, Osun State on 30th August, 2018, mentioned that there are eight area commands in Osun State and a Commissioner of Police will be deployed to man each Area Command to supervise security arrangements for the Osun State gubernatorial election and not a Commissioner of Police to a local government in the state as reported.
โConsequently, critical stakeholders and the general public are enjoined to discountenance and disregard the report.
โOnly eight Commissioners of Police, one to each Police Area command, will be deployed in Osun State to supervise security arrangements in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun State.โ
