‘Wole Adedeji, Ilorin.
Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 8, Lokoja, comprising Kogi and Kwara states, Mr. Asafa Adekunle has read a riot act to the policemen and women in the state, asking them to ensure all round security throughout the elections in Kwara State.
AIG Adekunle, who led two other Commissioners and a Deputy Commissioners of Police to secure Kwara State all through the election period, begun his assignment by going straight to join the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mallam Garuba Madami, in the supervision of a peace accord signing ceremony by political parties.
From the Peace Accord ceremony, the police boss headed to the Police Kwara State Command where he pointedly told officers and men of the Force that he and the Commissioners of Police were in the state to ensure a seamless electoral process.
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AIG Adekunle while delivering the message of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to the State Police Tactical Teams hammered on IGP Usman Alkali Baba’s zero tolerance to any form of indiscipline by any police personnel and that he was specially interested in the conduct of a peaceful, credible and acceptable election.
AIG Adekunle also advised the Team leaders to ensure that every police personnel deployed for the election duty must take his duties seriously, emphasising that any act of dereliction on the part of any policeman during the course of the elections would be met with stiff sanctions.
He told the officers and men of the Command that IGP Alkali Baba had made efforts possible to ensure that officers and men’s welfare gets to them fully before the elections, and as such, there must be no room for excuse to fail.
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While speaking, Commissioner of Police Kwara State, CP Paul Odama and CP Arungwa Kwazul, in their separate remarks, harped on the need for a sense of unity and teamwork by officers and men of the command if the desired goal must be achieved
He enjoined citizens and residents of Kwara State to be assured of their safety and security before, during and after the election, while also advising members of the public to shun any act of lawlessness warning that any person arrested for any criminal activities particularly during this election time would be made to face the full wrath of the law.