For the state’s House of Assembly election on Saturday, the Police announced that it has sent out all officers and men from the Bayelsa State Command.
During the deployment of policemen and other personnel at the state headquarters in Yenagoa on Friday, Mohammed Dankwara, the Bayelsa Commissioner of Police in charge of election security, addressed the media.
In particular, he guaranteed voters that there would be sufficient security before, during, and after the assembly election.
The command is collaborating with other security and paramilitary organizations to ensure a peaceful election, according to Dankwara, who urged state people to cast their ballots without fear.
He refuted the notion that there had been a security breach in the state, pointing out that reports of threats to the peace had been fabricated to instill fear and panic among the populace.
He said that the tactical and mobile teams, as well as the full police leadership, had been sent to the state to assist with the elections.
Dankwara said, “As you can see right now, we have concluded our deployment and everything is in top gear; and at the end of the day, we are expected to have a rancour-free election.
“We are deploying the entire command. Sometimes, it will not be wise for me to give tabulations but the whole command, both the tactical and mobile teams, have been deployed.
“I don’t think there is any security breach, sometimes people raise the bar just to put fear in other people. You are a witness to the last election conducted three weeks ago and there was no security breach. People are just trying to create panic.”
