Elections: I’ll hold Police DIGs, AIGs responsible for any crisis in Taraba, Imo, Abia – Arase
Nigeria’s newly-appointed Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has pledged to hold senior police officers responsible for any breakdown of law and order during rescheduled elections in Taraba, Imo and Abia States on Saturday. Governorship elections will hold in specific areas of the three states after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the April 11 elections inconclusive. Mr. Arase, who was appointed on Wednesday to replace Suleiman Abba, said the police were doing everything possible to create an enabling environment for the repeat elections. He said the force would not allow anybody to cause a breakdown of law and order in any of the states. Mr. Arase said that the force had already done massive deployment of its officers, including Deputy Inspector Generals of Police, Assistant Inspector Generals of Police and Commissioners of Police, to oversee the elections in Yobe, Taraba and Imo. “They are under strict directive that this ...