With about one week to the presidential election, the Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday in Abuja, said it would deploy 310,973 of its personnel to the over 176,846 polling units nationwide for the exercises holding on February 25.
It said the personnel would consist of conventional policemen and women, the mobile police, the special counter-terrorism unit, Special Forces, the intelligence response team and other sections of the police.
The Force also said this number would be augmented with 51,000 personnel from the National Security and Civil Defense Corps, 21,000 from the Federal Road Safety Corps, 11,336 from the Nigeria Correctional Service, 9,447 from the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency and 350 personnel from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, revealed this at the 66th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
According to him, “There exist 176,846 polling units in 8,809 wards of the 36 states of the Federation and FCT where the elections will be conducted.
“The Nigeria police, with the support of other security agencies, has perfected plans to deploy in a coordinated and collaborative manner to cover all these locations.
“In view of the above, the Nigeria police will deploy 310,973 personnel for the election security operations. This will comprise of conventional policemen, the mobile policemen, the special counter-terrorism unit, in Special Forces, intelligence response team and other sections of the police.”
