PSC commends conduct of Police, others in Ekiti poll

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has rated the conduct of the Police officers on electoral duty in the governorship election in Ekiti state as highly commendable.
Spokesperson of the commission, Mr.
Ikechukwu Ani, who made the commendation in a statement in Abuja, however, said that PSC received 35 complaints from voters, party agents and observers through dedicated lines earlier circulated by the commission.
Ani, while stating that some of the messages centred on vote buying, financial inducement and restiveness in some polling units, disclosed that there was a case of the arrest and detention of party agents at Aramoko Police Division which was resolved with the intervention of the Commission.
The statement read in part, “The Police Service Commission wishes to state that it does not monitor election, rather the conduct of the police men deployed for electoral duties to ensure that they maintain neutrality, law and order in a civil manner and ensure safe passage for all electorates.
“The commission’s team, which was led by its Permanent Secretary, Musa Istifanus, monitored the conduct of the Police officers in 45 polling units in all the three senatorial zones of the state covering 14 out of the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.
“Although there were few cases of disorder in some isolated units, the Police and the complimentary security agents ensured that the election was peaceful and orderly.
The Polling Units were manned by an average of four police men and complimented by men of the Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian Customs and Nigerian Immigration Service.
“Major junctions in the State capital and local governments were manned by Mobile Police Men while the Men of the Nigerian Army maintained security at the entry and exit points of the state.”