The FCT Police Command has put in place a “9 sector re-enforcement team” comprising of the police and other sister agencies to cater for the event of an emergency during the FCT Area Council Election.
According to a press release by the FCT Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, ANIPR, she said that the sectored reenforcement team is independent of and shouldn’t be confused with the standard deployment of two unarmed police personnel at each polling unit across the state as required by standard best practices.”
The arrangement was, however, made to cater to the event of an emergency, totally ruling out the possibility of an overwhelming security breach, as well as providing residents with an immediate response option,” DSP Adeh said.
Phone numbers of the various sectors were released to the public.
Karshi/karu ————-     07031288054, 090515153532
Abaji/ Robochi ————— 070390259163
Zuba/Deidei ——————-070694327584
Kwali —————————- 070844606165
Gwagwalada —————— 080396713406
Kuje ——————————08099904277, 080605053507
Kabusa ———————— 080345283228
Bwari ———————    080335438359
HQ Response team ——— 08061336830
The command spokesperson further said that the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, CP Sunday Babaji urged members of the public to maximize the above opportunity by reporting any suspicious activities while the police deploy efforts to ensure a safe election environment for all and sundry before, during, and after the exercise.
“In addition to the above, and to strengthen the effectiveness of the command control room in the period in view, a joint operation control center has been created to cater to complaints and distress calls at the command level through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653 and 08028940883, the statement concluded.
