The new Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, has
warned that his men will arrest any governor or politician with unruly
attitude during the forthcoming elections.
Mbu said this on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during his official
visit to the Ogun State police command headquarters, Eleweran.
He ordered the men of the command, who would be on electoral duty, to
arrest promptly anyone caught with arms near the voting centres.
He said, "I am here to encourage, support and advice you because we
have a critical part to play in the forthcoming elections.
"Our actions and activities will go a long way to decide on this
election, so, I have come to tell you that we must remain impartial in
ensuring free, fair, peaceful and violent-free polls.
"As far as the law is concerned, we are not going to respect anybody
and whoever is coming to the booth should vote and leave peacefully.
"Anyone who comes there to campaign even if it is the chief executive
of the state, a constable at that polling booth would stop him."
Mbu, who debunked the notion that he was sent to the zone to do an
hatchet job in the forthcoming elections, said he had been
commissioner in Oyo, Ekiti and Rivers states as well as in the Federal
Capital Territory. He said his current posting as the Assistant
Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7, was not in any way
different from his previous assignments.
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He said, "I am here to make sure everywhere is calm; I am not here at
Zone 2 only for elections. The Zone 2 must not just fail during the
elections. I am here to make sure everything goes on peacefully, but
the police will arrest anybody that commits any electoral offences.
"Anybody found with arms would be arrested by the police and anyone
that cannot be arrested; we will recover the arms by force.
"No politician or any of their followers must shoot at any policeman;
if you shoot at any policeman, my policemen would shoot back in self
defence.
"Our duty is to make sure that the elections are conducted freely,
fairly and peacefully and violence-free. There must be a code of
conduct that you have to uphold to make sure that we actualise our
goals."
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warned that his men will arrest any governor or politician with unruly
attitude during the forthcoming elections.
Mbu said this on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during his official
visit to the Ogun State police command headquarters, Eleweran.
He ordered the men of the command, who would be on electoral duty, to
arrest promptly anyone caught with arms near the voting centres.
He said, "I am here to encourage, support and advice you because we
have a critical part to play in the forthcoming elections.
"Our actions and activities will go a long way to decide on this
election, so, I have come to tell you that we must remain impartial in
ensuring free, fair, peaceful and violent-free polls.
"As far as the law is concerned, we are not going to respect anybody
and whoever is coming to the booth should vote and leave peacefully.
"Anyone who comes there to campaign even if it is the chief executive
of the state, a constable at that polling booth would stop him."
Mbu, who debunked the notion that he was sent to the zone to do an
hatchet job in the forthcoming elections, said he had been
commissioner in Oyo, Ekiti and Rivers states as well as in the Federal
Capital Territory. He said his current posting as the Assistant
Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7, was not in any way
different from his previous assignments.
Firstclassnewsline.net
He said, "I am here to make sure everywhere is calm; I am not here at
Zone 2 only for elections. The Zone 2 must not just fail during the
elections. I am here to make sure everything goes on peacefully, but
the police will arrest anybody that commits any electoral offences.
"Anybody found with arms would be arrested by the police and anyone
that cannot be arrested; we will recover the arms by force.
"No politician or any of their followers must shoot at any policeman;
if you shoot at any policeman, my policemen would shoot back in self
defence.
"Our duty is to make sure that the elections are conducted freely,
fairly and peacefully and violence-free. There must be a code of
conduct that you have to uphold to make sure that we actualise our
goals."
Firstclassnewsline.net
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