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Flashback:70,000 Soldiers, Police, SSS Officers Deployed For 2014 Osun Election by Jaymaxxy(m): 1:53pm On Jul 12, 2018
Over 70, 000 security operatives, including 15,000 soldiers, 30,000 policemen, 8,000 operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) and 20,000 civil defence officers have been deployed to Osun State ahead of the governorship election tomorrow.

Part of the contingent include the anti-terrorism squad operatives, who have been searching for dangerous weapons, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

As at Thursday, security agents had been deployed to the 30 local government areas of the state.
Confirming the development, the Deputy Commandant General of the NSCDC in charge of Operations, Mr. Evans Chidi, said the move was to ensure security of lives and property during the governorship election.

Chidi warned that all persons or groups that had no business with the election should leave the state before 6pm today.

He said apart from the 20,000 officers and men of the corps, who would provide effective security, 100 specially trained dogs, 15 of IEDs, would also be used during the poll.

Part of the contingent include the anti-terrorism squad operatives, who have been searching for dangerous weapons, including improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

As at Thursday, security agents had been deployed to the 30 local government areas of the state.


Confirming the development, the Deputy Commandant General of the NSCDC in charge of Operations, Mr. Evans Chidi, said the move was to ensure security of lives and property during the governorship election.

Chidi warned that all persons or groups that had no business with the election should leave the state before 6pm today.

He said apart from the 20,000 officers and men of the corps, who would provide effective security, 100 specially trained dogs, 15 of IEDs, would also be used during the poll.


He said: “Proper synergy of the NSCDC with other security agencies is to ensure that there is peace in Osun. We are committed to ensuring that the electorate, ad hoc staff and materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are protected and secured.

“We would make sure that miscreants and people who have been defined as enemies of this country do not infiltrate into Osun State to truncate the exercise.

“We are not only deploying human personnel, but we are also deploying about 100 dogs to Osun State and out of the 100 dogs, we have about 15 of them that have just arrived from the United States of America and they have been trained. These dogs have been undergoing training for the past one month by American experts. Their assignment for coming here is to detect the composition of every IED."



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