•IGP Solomon Arase
A total of 1,200 policemen have been deployed to provide security for the governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress scheduled to hold today in Benin City.
The primaries will hold at the Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia stadium.
Also, the entire 7,871 operatives of the Edo State Police Command, including some operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies have been put on red alert for the exercise.
He state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, who disclosed this at a press briefing warned Impostors, trouble-makers and anybody that do not have business with the exercise to steer clear of the venue of the primaries.
Ezike said security details attached to politicians and other individuals would not be allowed into the stadium.
He stated that movement to some streets around the stadium would be restricted or controlled during the event.
“I want to say that the police, in conjunction with other security services, are ready to do the needful, to provide safety and security to the delegates, officials, aspirants themselves and their agents.
“We are also ready to provide security to the good people of Edo State so that there will not be any bitterness, rancour and acrimony in the course of the primaries.
“As you are aware, the party sets the rules in the primaries, so our jobs is to police the rules as set. However, violence is not a tool in an election,” CP Ezike stated.
The police boss called on all stakeholders to support security agencies to make the exercise an exemplary success.
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