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A Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adeola Adeniji, yesterday said the police were determined to ensure a violence- free elections on March 28 and April 11.
Adeniji added that the tension about the elections was akin to Nigeria’s past elections, urging the citizenry not to entertain any fear.
The police boss spoke to reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after a special prayer organised for him by the Ilorin branch of Ansaru-Deen Society of Nigeria.
He said the apprehension about the elections was unnecessary.
The DIG was optimistic that the elections would be conducted under a free and fair atmosphere, urging those with genuine cases after the polls to approach the tribunals to seek redress.
Said he: “It is the collective responsibility of everybody. We all have roles to play. And the Federal Government has put in efforts and has given the police every needed support. I assure you that we shall not fail you. The elections shall come to pass by the grace of God.
“Everybody is afraid, and this is not the first election. This has always been the fear. I have witnessed over five elections in this country. When I was having my first born in 1983, I had to take my wife down home, and we survived the election. If there is any crisis, the tribunal will come in and justice will prevail.
“We are very prepared; we have no other job. We are facing this and we are facing it squarely.”
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