Security Beefed Up At INEC Offices In Enugu Ahead Of Election

There is heavy security presence within the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu ahead of Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly polls.

A NAN correspondent who made a routine call at the office on Tuesday in Enugu noticed scores of armed security agencies drawn from the Nigerian Army, Police and NSCDC manning the office complex in strategic locations.

About 10 barricades with thousands of sand bags have seriously engulfed the entrance and exit points of the office complex.

Also, there is an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) stationed at the entrance, while police patrol vans and a fire service truck are stationed inside the premises.

Dozens of plain-cloth security men had been deployed and stationed within and outside the office complex.

A senior security agent who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity, said that the latest beef-up was an indication that all the security agencies are ready for the elections.

He said that the security agencies working under the Inter-agency Consultation Committee on Election Security (ICCES) would not leave any stone unturned.

According to him, the type of security beef-up you are seeing here today in the state headquarters is being replicated in INEC council offices in the 17 council areas in the state.

“We have a massive deployment of personnel and assets through ICCES arrangement at any place INEC have its facilities or its personnel are working to facilitate a smooth and peaceful elections come February 25 and March 11,” he said.