Nigeria Police Force Tuesday said it will withdraw its personnel
attached to ‘very important persons’ (VIPs) before and during the 2019
general elections.
Although there are no specific figures of police officers attached to
VIPs in the country, the Force said the withdrawal will enable it to
have enough personnel during the election.
“We will be withdrawing our personnel attached to VIPs to achieve 2 things,” the Nigerian police tweeted.
It will enable us have enough pool of personnel for deployment
and…having policemen attached to Politicians and VIPs may want to give
them undue advantage over others which we won’t allow.”
The Nigeria police, which has been accused of being bias at the
polls, said withdrawing its personnel will enhanced its neutrality
during the elections.
The 2019 Nigeria general election begins Saturday, February 16 with
the presidential and National Assembly elections across 36 states of the
country.
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