Ahead of the gubernatorial elections scheduled for Saturday across Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Police Service Commission said its staff are already available to monitor the conduct of police officers during the election.
In a statement released on Friday morning, Ikechukwu Ani, Head of Press and Public Relations at the Police Service, said the Commission’s staff monitors have arrived and taken positions at their duty posts in the nine senatorial districts of the three states of Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa, where the off-cycle governorship elections would take place.
According to the statement, the Commission has also released dedicated telephone lines where Nigerians are expected to call to complain of any police misconduct or commend exemplary police conduct.
It said the Commission monitors will be appearing in reflective jackets with PSC inscriptions for easy identification.
Chairman of the Commission, Solomon Arase, has charged the staff monitors to live above board and execute their assignments with diligence and commitment.
Arase said the Commission will also hold its staff monitors accountable for any deliberate infraction in the course of their duty and warned that they must restrict themselves to the approved guidelines on monitoring police conduct and the rules of engagement.
“The Commission’s dedicated telephone numbers are as follows:
National Coordinating Centre:
Aminu Malumfashi: 08059170235
Ikechukwu Ani: 08088155981
“Kogi State:
East Senatorial district – Adeola Albert: 08084385726
Central Senatorial district – Justina Okunriboye: 08033145592
West Senatorial District – Dada Babatunde: 08054970152
“Imo State:
North Senatorial District – Amaka Omene: 08033702079
East Senatorial District – Uche Wokocha: 08033127845
West Senatorial District – Mathias Okoi Uyo-Uyo: 08038179665
“Bayelsa State:
East Senatorial district – Ponfa Wuyep: 08036707485
Central Senatorial district – Solomon Jibrin: 08064766550
West Senatorial District – Iniobong Uko Anthony: 08061309837,” the statement further added.
According to the statement, PSC monitors are expected to monitor police conduct in the three states using the Commission’s approved guidelines on police conduct during elections.
