by Kolapo Olapoju
Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, has declared that his men would promptly arrest any governor or politician, who disturbs the peace during the forthcoming elections.
Mbu made the comments on Thursday, February 12, in Abeokuta, Ogun, during his official visit to the Ogun State police command headquarters, Eleweran.
He said, “I am here to encourage, support and advice you because we have a critical part to play in the forthcoming elections.
“Our actions and activities will go a long way to decide on this election, so, I have come to tell you that we must remain impartial in ensuring free, fair, peaceful and violent-free polls.”
“As far as the law is concerned, we are not going to respect anybody and whoever is coming to the booth should vote and leave peacefully. Anyone who comes there to campaign even if it is the chief executive of the state, a constable at that polling booth would stop him.”
Speaking further, Mbu refuted the claims that he was sent to Lagos to make the upcoming elections favourable for the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that his presence in the zone was to ensure calm and order during the polls.
He said: “I am here to make sure everywhere is calm; I am not here at Zone 2 only for elections. The Zone 2 must not just fail during the elections. I am here to make sure everything goes on peacefully, but the police will arrest anybody that commits any electoral offences.”
“Anybody found with arms would be arrested by the police and anyone that cannot be arrested; we will recover the arms by force. No politician or any of their followers must shoot at any policeman; if you shoot at any policeman, my policemen would shoot back in self defence.”
“Our duty is to make sure that the elections are conducted freely, fairly and peacefully and violence-free. There must be a code of conduct that you have to uphold to make sure that we actualise our goals.”
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