The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the distribution of more than a million copies of a handbook produced by the Nigeria Police Force on Revised Standard Operational Guidelines/Rules for Police Officers and Other Law Enforcement Agents on Election Security Duties ahead of the 2023 General Elections.
Penpushing reports that the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday explaining that the 36 paged handbook contains a page for the details of the officer to whom it is issued.
The handbook also contained a foreword by the Inspector General of Police, rules on general conduct, duty parade, briefing/debriefing, dress and accoutrement, managing political parties’ convention/rallies, and crowd control, use of force and lethal weapon, escorting and protecting election materials, the procedure of arrest, command and control and other salient electoral security rules.
Penpushing further reports that Adejobi said the strategic distribution covers the Force Headquarters, Zonal and State Police Commands, Formations and trickles down to Units of the Force and Divisional Police Stations to ensure that every police officer will have a copy of the guidelines for ease of reference before the commencement of deployments.
The statement added that in similar vein the police boss has ordered distribution to the Presidency, Ministry of Police Affairs, Police Service Commission, the Military, and all other security agencies engaged alongside the Police in election security management based on their expected deployment for the elections.
Penpushing reports that the Inspector-General reiterated his expectation that the Police and other security agents involved in election security management will find the handbook to be a valuable operational companion which could act as a standard in holding them accountable in the line of their electoral duties.
The Inspector General of Police the statement said, emphasized the need that all hands must be on deck to actualise the mandate and commitment of the Nigerian Police Force to have free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.
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