As part of its commitment to guaranteeing a trouble-free election, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has announced that it will deploy 102,000 officers.
This was revealed to our correspondent on Monday by the Corps’ spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu.
The safety of voters before, during, and after the election, according to Odumosu, was a top priority. He also promised that there would be no violence.
He said, “The NSCDC will be deploying 102,000 officers ahead of the forthcoming elections. We assure Nigerians that the election is going to be successful, free and fair. We are working assiduously with other security agencies to ensure the security of voters and the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission.”
Concerning the plan to deal with perpetrators of vote-buying, the NSCDC Spokesperson said, “As the political class are trying to orchestrate voting buying, security agencies are also mapping out strategies to checkmate them. Good enough, the corps alongside other security agencies including the Economic and Financial Crime Commission are part of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security. All hands are on deck to easily identify the perpetrators and nab them. Efforts are in place to reduce vote-buying and anyone caught will be arrested and dealt with.”
Odumosu noted that the corps’ employees who took part in the elections in 2022 in Osun and Ekiti had received their unpaid wages.
He said, “The week we released a statement assuring our officers that they will surely be paid, they were eventually paid the Osun allowances. Last week, they were paid the Ekiti allowances.
“The Federal Government is not owing us and the NSCDC is not owing its staff. We have paid them all. Our officers are ready for election coverage.”
