An Election Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Team was constituted by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman, on Wednesday to guarantee the efficient deployment of officers before, during, and after the elections.
According to the spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the team would be led by Vice President of INTERPOL and Head of National Crime Bureau (NCB), AIG Garba Baba Umar, and would include seasoned officers from all throughout the nation with extensive experience in managing election security.
Before the general elections in 2023, he stated that they would identify, analyze, and neutralize dangers in addition to performing an on-the-spot inspection and appraisal of the security emplacements.
He said the constitution was in furtherance of the IG’s drive for safe, secured, and credible general elections.
Adejobi said: “The IGP has similarly appointed the Vice President (INTERPOL) and Head, National Crime Bureau (NCB), AIG Garba Baba Umar, as the National Coordinator of the team of experienced and seasoned Police Officers with vast knowledge in election security management, to be assisted by other team members including the Force Secretary, AIG Habu Sani, CP Election Monitoring, CP Basil Idegwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
“The team also comprises seven other Commissioners of Police, 15 Deputy Commissioners of Police, 30 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 30 Chief Superintendents of Police, and 16 Strategic Officers of other ranks.
“The IGP, while reiterating the commitment of the police to ensuring that the elections are safe, secure, credible, and in line with global best practices, tasked the team to, amongst other things, ensure the propriety of deployments, give real-time coverage of the electoral process and safeguard against hostile external and internal influence using INTERPOL, anti-cybercrime and intelligence tools and assets of the Nigeria Police Force.”
Continuing, Adejobi said the IG reaffirmed the establishment and viability of the Electoral Offences Desks domiciled at the State Criminal Investigation Departments (SCID) of all commands across the nation headed by the Assistant Commissioners of Police in charge of the SCID.