Deputy Inspector General of Police Celestine Okoye who led a team of special force to monitor the Ondo State 2020 gubernatorial elections and ensured the process went smoothly has commended the attitude of the voters, judging by his observation and assessment of the polls.
The Police high ranking officer who stormed ward two, polling unit 9, Sacred Heart School where the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede casted his votes while monitoring the elections process in a commando manner with large retinue of security personnel disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Saturday.
DIG Okoye expressed satisfaction after personally interviewing voters that were hanging around the polling premised who answered him that they were waiting for their votes to be counted before leaving the vicinity, the attitude he commended and described as good development for Nigeria’s electoral process.
In his overview remark, Okoye who is in-charge of the ICT at the Police headquarters in Abuja gave a pass mark to the whole process despite little reports of violence cases, while giving the Police a pat in the back for a job well done.
“With what I have seen so far during my sojourn to monitor this election, I will say Nigerian electorates are becoming more matured which is a good development for our democracy. Although there were pockets of violent cases which I think was inevitable, but they were very low, voters conducted themselves in good manners in most places we have been to, as you can see me interviewing people I met here what they’re waiting for and they said they were peacefully waiting for their votes to be counted before leaving, I think this is commendable of them”, Okoye noted.
He added that “the police have done very well in securing the peaceful execution of this election as you can see that the soldiers are only placed at the entrances of towns and cities but Police are the ones manning the polling units and they have performed wonderfully well in ensuring this exercise goes smoothly”.
The DIG, however, reiterated that everyone arrested for violent conduct during the election or caught with articles that contravened the electoral acts and processes will be duly prosecuted as soon as possible.
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