The Nigeria Police High Command has
once again commended its personnel that participated in the policing of the
just concluded Ekiti gubernatorial elections for their unparalleled professionalism
displayed during the exercise.
The Police Authorities believe that these
virtues of selflessness and dedication to duty contributed in no small measure
to the overall success of the widely acclaimed free and fair election.
The Police authorities particularly
reject and view as unkind and misleading the caustic remarks made in a television
interview by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who claimed
that a particular political stalwart held a meeting on the eve of the election
with a so called “Strike Force”, comprising the Army, the Police and DSS, and
instructed them to protect the interest of their benefactor. The Force
therefore, strongly refutes this improbable allegation and warns politicians to
desist from promoting such deliberate falsehood.
While noting that at all times
officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force only take lawful orders from their
commanders, the Police High Command expresses gladness that at no stage of the
election was any case of professional misconduct or partisanship reported against
any Police officer, rather, the officers exhibited a high standard of
discipline, fairness, civility and political neutrality all through the
process, a conduct which Ekiti indigenes, election observers, the contestants
and people of diverse socio-political leanings have attested to and applauded.
The Force therefore wishes to advise
politicians and other stakeholders to respect the wishes freely and voluntarily
expressed through the ballot in a rancor-free atmosphere by the people of Ekiti,
adding that the Police Force is neither a political party nor affiliated to any
such group and therefore should be left out of partisan politics to enable it freely
discharge its mandate of protecting the integrity of the electoral process dispassionately.
ACP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC
RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA.
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