Police authority said no fewer than 34,000 personnel have been deployed to Anambra State to ensure safety in the state’s coming governorship election.
This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Eworo Echeng, on Thursday.
He said the personnel are needed to ensure success of the governorship election by preventing unrest and others.
Anambra residents are expected to elect a new governor on November 6.
“Assets and boots have been deployed to the State by the IGP. The IGP is very passionate and has a psychological attachment to this election; for everything this command has asked for he has given us an addition”, the CP said.
He added, “We have support of the helicopters for aerial surveillance. We have gunboats to patrol the waterways. We have enough vehicles to operate during this election. And from tomorrow, you will be seeing us in the streets.
“We intend to dominate everywhere in this state and the dominance is to reassure the good people of Anambra that they’re secured. Everybody should come out and exercise their civic responsibility on the 6th of November.
“We are going to be very civil to them. But for the troublemakers, we are going to be firm and decisive on anybody who tries to prevent anybody from doing what is the right thing to do.”