MrHafiz Mohammed-Inuwa, Deputy Inspector General of Police in-cgarge of Northwest Zone has assured electorate of the police readiness to provide adequate security during the upcoming general election.
He also renewed call on police personnel to be apolitical while discharging their duty in the forthcoming elections.
Mohammed-Inuwa stated this while interacting with journalists shortly after addressing officers and men of State Police Command, on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi.
The DIG charged police personnel to adhere strictly to the laws, principles and rules guiding their conduct before, during and after the elections.
He said: “The Police are supposed to be apolitical, meaning that we belong to nobody and we belong to everybody just as the President said.
“Our duty is to ensure that the laws of this land is being followed strictly and adhered to with a view to ensuring that we create an enabling environment for peaceful, transparent and successful conduct of elections across Nigeria.
“The police are not to interfere with the electoral process but to maintain law and order while the citizens exercise their civic responsibility.”
The DIG stressed that the police personnel were not masters, “we should know that we are servants of the people but irrespective of being servants of the people, Nigeria as a nation, we give it the highest priority.
“Anybody who tries to go against the laws of this country will be dealt with, including any uniform officer. We are not to create any problem but to solve them and anybody trying to breach the electoral laws or the laws of the land, definitely he/she will face wrath of the law.”
He advised politicians to note that “politics is not a do-or-die affair” but an opportunity for all Nigerians to choose credible leaders of their choice without intimidation, harassment or compulsion.
