Mr Bala Hassan, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in-charge of zone 10, Sokoto, said on Thursday that about 18,000 security personnel had been mobilised to three states for the April 11 elections.

Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that the states were Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

The AIG said that the deployment was to ensure peaceful and successful conduct of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections in those states.

Hassan said the security officers drawn from the police, state security services, immigration, customs and civil defense would provide security during the polls.

He said that already, effective operation order on how to provide an enabling environment in all polling units in the three states had been issued to the personnel.

The AIG further said that the police in the zone had fine-tuned its method of operations to prevent any form of electoral malpractice.

“We have taken concrete security measure to improve on what we have done in the presidential election to ensure peaceful conduct of the gubernatorial election,” he said.

Hassan said that the zone did not record any outbreak of law and order during the last election because of the prompt action taken in confronting any security threat .

He explained that the three commissioners of police had been directed to carefully monitor the exercise in their respective areas of jurisdiction.

“We have done it in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections and we are battle-ready to do the same to enable eligible electorates exercise their civic responsibility in a peaceful atmosphere,” he said.

Hassan warned trouble-makers to stay away from the zone as a formidable security measures were in place to deal with any person or group found tempering with the peaceful nature of the area.

“We will not tolerate any form of political violence as the police anti- thungery units are battle-ready to exercise their constitutional responsibility,” he stressed. (NAN).

http://leadership.ng/news/424145/guber-elections-18000-security-personnel-deployed-to-sokoto-kebbi-zamfara-aig

This means war......Just vote wait for it to be counted and go home if you try any nonsense sorry will be your name

lf 18,000 was deployed to these relatively peacefull states imagine how many will be deployed to Rivers......it will be battilions.

Good move to prevent anything untoward from happening.

is much na..

but those states are peaceful states but in as much it s a muslems state,anything can happen.

the fear of the northeast and northwest is the begining of terrorism if the opposition gubernatorial candidate didnt win.
anything can happen

Good one. Hope they conduct themselves properly.

Remember kebbi is among the states they plan to win. I smell rigging but it won't work. These states are peaceful na. The fire is in kaduna

They should deploy 100k security in Kaduna because the governor is a devil. He has hired some thugs that will attack polling units in APC strong holds. He has also threatened to kill Apc members before. Ask google.

But we are ready for his thugs. Mark my words Kaduna will not be peaceful without sufficient security

How many baby police to secure the votes of the underage ? Just saying.

emmysoftyou:
is much na..

but those states are peaceful states but in as much it s a muslems state,anything can happen.

the fear of the northeast and northwest is the begining of terrorism if the opposition gubernatorial candidate didnt win.
anything can happen

....if your dad had used a condom, a mistake like you won't have happened.

Roger that

pdp getting ready for one last rigging

holatin:
vj

BJ

To fight boko or to rig or to restore piss?

Only?

JIMI AGBAJE NI OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

We also need additional security men in other places (Like Ekiti) where there won't be election

Good

Na war?

Then we need 50,000 security personnel in Rivers state alone...

In Amaechi's voice " Command don change gear"

cool

If government wasn't colluding with "Boko haram" simply marching 18,000 men to the affected areas will end Boko haram.

Ok o

why does GEJ keep stressing himself over those killer Muslims, he should just let them kill themselves over there, stupid brain washed northerners