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Why We Deployed 1,000 Policemen For Edo Election – Lagos Police Command
September 15, 2020.
- The Lagos State Police Command, has repeatedly revealed why it deployed 1,000 of its officers to Edo State ahead of Saturday’s governorship electio, Ekohotblogd reports.
Ekohotblog, had earlier reported that the command, on Sunday, said it has deployed 1,000 officers to Edo for the September 19 gubernatorial election.
Nigerians have been expressing concerns on why such a large number of officers were deployed to Edo from Lagos.
But, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command acted based on the instruction from the force headquarters in Abuja.
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While speaking in a telephone interview on Sweet FM Abeokuta on Monday, Adejobi said:
“I wouldn’t know why people are raising issues about that action of the police. We all know that whenever we have special elections like that of Edo, the Inspector-General of Police will always mop-up men from neighbouring states.
“The 1,000 men, that is what we have just done, nothing more,” Adejobi stressed.
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