Ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, “has perfected plans to deploy additional manpower to Kogi and Bayelsa states to ensure crime free election in both states,” Force Public Relations Officer, Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole, has said.

Ms Kolawole disclosed that “the Police leadership has also directed the deployment of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) to complement the Safer Highway Patrol to ensure proper policing of the length and breadth of the nation’s highway.”

She said in a statement issued in Abuja that IGP Arase made these disclosures while briefing members of the Police Management Team in his office.

“The IGP noted that these measures have become imperative to ensure proper monitoring of activities leading to a hitch-fee election,” Ag. ACP Kolawole said. “This is in addition to stepping up Police visibilities on our Highways in the Yuletide, and to systematically decapitate hoodlums taking advantage of the season to unleash terror on innocent Nigerians.”