No Private Guards, Vigilantes For The Purpose Of Escorting Electoral Materials – Delta Police

The Delta State Police Command has warned stakeholders who have or intend to employ the services of private Security Agents, volunteers, guards vigilantes for the purpose of securing/escorting electoral materials during the Saturday presidential and national assembly elections to desist from doing so.

BIGPEN NIGERIA reports that this is coming following the arrest of three persons who claimed to be members of vigilante group in Udu, Udu local government area of the state at the premises of CBN where sensitive electoral materials are kept.

State Police Command, in a statement by the Acting spokesman, ASP Chuks Orisewezie on Wednesday, expressed dismayed with the way and manner majority of the volunteer organizations are meddling into the election/security affairs.

According to him, “A reference point are the three (3) suspects viz David Ukiri ‘m’, Alfred Joseph ‘m’ and Uvwiejibobor Akpevwe ‘m’ all of Udu in Udu Local Government, arrested with arms, by a detachment of Police officers deployed to CBN to secure electoral materials, who claim to be members of vigilante and were detailed by their chairman to escort electoral materials.

The Police Authority reiterates that the responsibility of providing security during the 2019 General Election rests on the Police in collaboration with other Security Agencies; namely: Police, Army, Navy, Civil Defence, Federal Road Safety, Immigration, Air Force, and DSS etc.

The Police therefore warn all stakeholders who have or intend to employ the services of private Security Agents, volunteers, guards vigilantes for the purpose of securing/escorting electoral materials etc to desist from doing so. Any such armed private security personnel in whatever form or guise will be appropriately dealt with.