Civil Defence Deploys Additional Personnel for Tomorrow’s Polls

In addition to the earlier deployment made during the presidential election, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed more personnel for the tomorrow’s gubernatorial and state Houses of Assembly election in 36 state of the federation.

The NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, made this known in Abuja while handing down directives to the zonal commanders and state commandants, warning against compromise or any activity that could label them as engaging in partisan politics.

“A stakeholders in the Nigeria’s electoral process, the corps is expected to re-double its effort and work hard to deliver a violence free election.”

Abolurin reiterated that efforts had been put in place by the government to make the exercise smooth and hitch free, hence its deployment of personnel to every nooks and crannies of the states especially the identified flashpoints considered notorious and volatile.

He reiterated that the peace and unity of Nigeria cannot be jettisoned under any guide, warning that any personnel found wanting or suspected to be involved in electoral offences would be dealt with, warning that the corps will not tolerate any action that falls short of the highest level of moral and professional conduct.

The NSCDC also promised the deployment of not less than 500 trained sniffer dogs, 300 operational vehicles, 100 surveillance vehicles and ambulances to further boost the security of the electorate, electoral official as well as sensitive and non-sensitive materials before, during and after the election.

The corps top boss who believes in an all round approach to tackling the problems of insecurity, especially as regards the election has redeployed the DCGs and ACGs to different zones and some volatile states to guarantee a transparent process devoid of violence and mayhem.