…orders maximum deployment of Police operatives and cautions against violence
Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani has ordered the maximum deployment of Police Operatives to Oji-River Central School Polling Unit, Registration Area/Ward 11, and its environment, to ensure the security and peaceful conduct of the Supplementary Election in Oji-River State Assembly Constituency on Saturday 15th April 2023,
Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said that the Police Commissioner calls on the voters to go out en-masse and exercise their franchise while conducting themselves peacefully.
The CP also tasks political parties and their supporters to be well-behaved, while shunning acts of violence, thuggery, vote buying, voter intimidation, and other electoral offences during and beyond the period of the election.
He warns that anything, on the contrary, shall be met with the full weight of the law.Â
Meanwhile, the electorate and the general public have been urged to remain vigilant and promptly report electoral offenders and general acts of crime and criminality to the nearest Police Station or by calling the Command’s election situation room/emergency numbers on 08032003702, 08075390883 or 08086671202.
They can also call the Police PRO on 08099854883 or send emails to infoenugupolice@gmail.com, the statement concluded.
