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News - North East - Gombe Updated: March 15, 2023

2023 Guber Election: IGP Reenforces Gombe Police With Manpower

By Abdulrazak Muhammad
March 15, 2023
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Ahead of the Saturday governorship and state assembly elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has reenforced the Gombe State Police Command with manpower.

The reenforcement includes officers from the Police Mobile Force, Police Special Forces, IGP Election Monitoring team and other tactical teams of the Force.

The move is to boost the commanding strength, checkmate political thuggery and other related electoral offences.

As contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the command, ASP Mahid Mu'azu Abubakar, on Wednesday, it is also to adequately secure the forthcoming Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly Elections in the State. 

According to Abubakar, the command also received more operational assets which include "operational vehicles, Personnel protective gadgets, and anti-riot equipment with Armoured Personnel Carrier also been allocated from the Force Headquarters Abuja to improve the operational and conventional outfits of the command."

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He added that the state's commissioner of Police, CP Oqua Etim, has directed the deployment of the operational assests to various police units in the state. 

"The Commissioner of Police, CP Oqua Etim has directed the deployment and distribution of acquired gadgets to Area Commands, Divisional Police Headquarters, and other tactical squads to effectively put the equipment to good use."

He further commended the effort of the officers in ensuring the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections and urged them to replicate same during the forthcoming Saturday elections.

"Given these developments, CP OQUA ETIM is assuring members of the public to keep calm and at the same time warning troublemakers to stay away from causing problems during the polls as the Command will in collaboration with other security agencies ensure that the elections are peaceful and good people of Gombe state to exercise their franchise without intimidation/molestation."

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