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Anambra Governorship Elections: NSCDC Deploy It’s 20,000 Special Forces Personnel To Anambra State
The Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) shall be deploying no fewer than 20,000 of its particular forces to Anambra State forward of the November 6 gubernatorial election within the state.
These to be deployed include personnel of the NSCDC Arms Squad Unit, Depender-Terrorism Unit, and the Chemical, Organic, Radiological and Explosives Unit.
The particular forces to be drafted to key factors within the state shall be saddled with the accountability of defending lives and property, delicate and non-sensitive election supplies, INEC officers and all important property towards vandalism, injury or arsonist attacks, says the Commandant Common of the Corps, Ahmed Abubakar Audi.
Audi, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, whereas delivering his keynote deal with at a ‘Three-Day Prepare-the- Trainers Capability Constructing and Electoral Workshop’, forward of the Anambra guber ballot.
He stated the NSCDC in collaboration with different safety businesses have developed strategies to checkmate any act of electoral violence and different nefarious actions able to undermining the electoral course of.
To make sure efficient monitoring earlier than, throughout and after the election, Audi added that the NSCDC shall be deploying 20,000 officers and males for the conduct of the election.
In accordance with the NSCDC boss, the personnel to be deployed for the task shall be drafted from all of the South-South and South-East State Instructions to affix their counterparts in Anambra State.
“As well as, personnel from Kogi, Ekiti, Ondo, and Benue have been positioned on standby in case there’s want for reinforcement,” he stated.