Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu has deployed Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Oyabade, to supervise the general security arrangement for the election in the State.

The Police says Oyebade’s deployment is in line with efforts at ensuring apt coordination of security arrangements towards a hitch-free election in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State holding September nineteenth.

Oyebade will be assisted by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Karma Hassan in charge of Federal Operations at the Force Headquarters Abuja and eight Commissioners of Police.

The DIG, with the assistance of the AIG, will superintend over the entire security architecture and ensure effective monitoring of the election and due enforcement of all electoral laws in the State.

Other senior Police Officers similarly involved (in election monitoring and evaluation) include: CP Garba Baba Umar, CP Habu Sani and CP Buba Sanusi, CP Akeera M. Yonous will coordinate the operations of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) and other special strike forces.

The other four (4) CPs will supervise security arrangement in the three senatorial districts of the State.

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police has barred security aides attached to VIPs and Political appointees from accompanying their principals on the Election Day.

He warns that anyone who flouts this order will be severely reprimanded, charging officers and men on election duties in the State to ensure they work in line with standard best practices and adhere strictly to approved elections rules.

The IGP also charges officers and men on election duties in the State to ensure they work in line with standard best practices and adhere strictly with the approved Code of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for the elections.

He calls on members of the public particularly politicians, gubernatorial candidates and other relevant stakeholders in the State to cooperate with the Police and other security agencies in the patriotic task of guaranteeing a hitch-free gubernatorial poll.