Police Commission Sends Team To Monitor Officials’ Conduct
Adetokunbo Fakeye
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.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Commission’s spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, on Friday.
According to the statement, the commission said that the dispatch of the team was in the exercise of its constitutional mandate of holding the police accountable for its actions or in-actions.
It stated further that, 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 statement reads inter alia, “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”.
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.
