Security Agencies in Edo State on Sunday reassured residents of their commitment to ensure that the September 19 governorship election was peaceful and violence free.
The reassurance was given during the Day Two of the inter agencies’ combined exercise, tagged: “Inter Agencies Show of Force,”
SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command, who spoke to newsmen, said the reassurance was imperative in order to allay fears by the electorate.
Nwabuzor said with just six days to the election, political tension in the state had been heightened and there was the need to give confidence to residents.
He urged residents to be rest assured that the security agencies were up in their task of protecting and securing their lives, adding that they should come out on Saturday to vote for candidate of their choice.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that security agencies, which participated in the exercise included the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Customs Service, and Department of State Services.
Others were the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian Air Force, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigerian Immigration Service and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
NAN also reports that areas monitored during the exercise include GRA, Ugbor area, Oliha/TV Road axis, Ikpoba Hill and Benin-Agbor-Asaba Road axis.
Other areas were Sapele Road, Sokponba Road, Erediawa Road and Murtala Mohammed Way.
Ikpoba Slope/Ramat Park, Aduwawa Road, Upper Mission Extension, New Benin, New Lagos Road, Boundary Road, Airport Road, Akenzua Road, Ekenhua Road and Uselu/Lagos Road were also covered again.
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