21,084 policemen, 3 helicopters, gunboats to be deployed to S-East -Anambra poll

he Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Ibrahim Idris, yesterday, said he has deployed additional Police Mobile Force Units to South-East states ahead of the Anambra State government election billed for November 28.

The IGP who spoke at a dialogue session he had with a coalition of Civil Society Organisation, CSOs, under the aegis of Situation Room, said he has put necessary manpower and logistics in place to secure electorate, electoral officials, observers and election materials that will be used for the 

Anambra poll. According to him, “no group(s) under any guise will be allowed to disrupt or cause violence before, during and after the election.” He said a total number of 21,084 police will be deployed for the Anambra State election, with 17,320 of them stationed within the 4,330 polling units 

in the state. Whereas 1,280 of them will be deployed to 320 polling centres, the IGP disclosed that 2,484 policemen will be assigned to patrol 414 major streets in Anambra State throughout the election period. The IGP said some parts of Anambra State were already marked as “flash/vulnerable points of concerns” that would require “extra security arrangements.” He listed the areas as Otuocha, 

Onitsha, Aguleri, Nzam, Anam, Achala, Ihiala, Ozubulu, Umunze, Ekwulobia and Okpoko. He said: “Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command is under very strict instructions to ensure that he carries along the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, ICCES, in the deployment and implementation of security arrangements for the successful conduct of the election in the state.”