Governorship Election: Nigeria Police deploy AIGs to Rivers, Akwa Ibom, other flashpoints

The Nigeria Police on Thursday deployed senior police officers to oversee governorship and state assembly elections in states considered as the likely flashpoints on Saturday.
Assistant Inspectors General of Police will supervise elections in 16 states, including Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Lagos States, and other potentially troubled spots, a statement from the force said Thursday.
Elections in four other states, including Ekiti, Anambra and Osun, will be overseen by Commissioners of Police.
In addition, a Commissioner of Police has been deployed to command each Senatorial Zones in Gombe, Bauchi, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Benue, Edo, Plateau and Sokoto states, the statement by police spokesperson, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said.
In Rivers State, the Special Units of the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed to address security concerns.
The units are the 32 Units of Police Mobile Force, 4 Units of Counter terrorism Units, 4 Units of Special Protection Units and six Crack Teams of Detectives from Force Criminal Investigation Department and complements of Intelligence officers.
The police had earlier deployed six Deputy Inspector Generals of police to the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria to coordinate election activities.
Opposition candidates in several states, including Akwa Ibom and Rivers, had demanded the redeployment of Commissioners of Police in their states, accusing them of colluding with the ruling parties to rig the March 28 presidential election.

Below is a list of the officers deployed and states deployed to:

S/NO RANK    NAME                          TO
1          AIG Usman Gwary                 Abia State
2          AIG Olufemi Adenaike         Kwara State
3          AIG Mbu J. Mbu                         Ogun State
4          AIG Patrick Dokumor                 Kaduna State
5          AIG Tambari Muhammed    Jigawa State
6          AIG Mohammed Abubakar Gombe State
7          AIG Ikemefuna Okoye        Oyo State
8          AIG Tunde Ogunsakin        Rivers State
9          AIG Jubril Adeniji                 Bauchi State
10          AIG Yerima Irimiya                 Imo State
11          AIG Adisa Bolanta                 Akwa Ibom State
12          AIG Lawal Tanko                         Lagos State
13          AIG Ballah Nasarawa                 Benue State
14          AIG Musa Daura                         Edo State
15          AIG Aderele Shinaba                 Plateau State
16          AIG Bala Hassan                         Sokoto State
17           CP    Sam Okaula                         Anambra State
18           CP         E.J Ibine                         Ekiti State
19           CP         Adamu Mohammed     Enugu State
20           CP         Valentine Ntomchukwu Osun State

By Nnenna Ibeh