A high powered team of monitors from the Police Service Commission (PSC), has been dispatched Kogi State to monitor the conduct of police officers on electoral duties during the governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday.
In a statement by the Commission’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday, the PSC said that the dispatch of the team was in the exercise of the its constitutional mandate of holding the police accountable for its actions or in-actions.
It is also part of the Commission’s contribution to the sustenance of the nation’s fledgling democracy, since the integrity of the electoral process cannot be fully achieved if the security personnel, more especially the Police, fail to discharge their constitutional responsibilities.
“The Commission wishes to advise all police officers on electoral duty in Kogi State to observe the rules and regulations guiding their conduct and also work within the ambit of the rule of law.
“The Officers are advised to be fair but firm and ensure that all eligible voters are allowed to discharge their civic responsibilities without molestation.
“The Commission also wishes to warn that it will not hesitate to commence disciplinary action against any Police Officer caught circumventing the rules before, during or after the elections”, the statement read.
The PSC, also promised to continue to play its role in the advancement of the nation’s constitutional democracy and the enthronement of the will of the people during elections.
Heavy Presence Of Police
It is less than 24 hours to the Kogi State governorship elections and the Nigerian police had assured residents of the state and indeed Nigerians as a whole that it would not toy with the task of ensuring that the state was adequately secured.
There is a heavy presence of police personnel in Lokoja, the state capital, with the deployment of 4,969 personnel of the Police Mobile Force.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has also assured residents of a hitch-free and credible poll.
Twenty-two candidates will be contesting in the November 21 election on the platform of their different registered political parties
Some of the top contenders in the Kogi governorship race include the incumbent and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Captain Idris Wada, who will be in a tough race with a former Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Audu.
Philips Salawu, a former Deputy Governor to the immediate past Governor of the state, Ibrahim Idris, is the candidate of the Labour Party.
Source: Channelstv
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