Abuja - The Police Service Commission is to deploy 425 of
its personnel to monitor the conduct of policemen that
would on duty during the March 28 and April 11 elections.
The chairman of the commission, Mike Okiro, said at a
news conference on Tuesday in Abuja that he would lead
the personnel to monitor the officers in the 109 Senatorial
Districts.

Okiro said the commission would hold policemen on
electoral duty accountable for their actions or inactions.
"The success or failure of any election depends on the
stakeholders performing their duties. Security agencies can
make a difference in the outcome of the elections.
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"It is, therefore, important that police officers display the
highest level of integrity, neutrality, professionalism and
sense of duty,
" he said. Okiro said protection of voters, electoral materials, officials and preservation of law and orderly electoral process were necessary for free, fair and credible elections."The Electoral Act prohibits certain activities as unlawful.

"Every police officer on electoral duty is expected to know
and sensibly enforce the law in respect of these offences in
the discharge of his or duties," he said.
Okiro said if the police were effective in the discharge of
their duties the electoral process would be protected from
anti-democratic elements.
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