Edo guber: NSCDC identifies 60 flashpoints

Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Edo state, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Edo, Mr Gbenga Agun, says his men have identified 60 flashpoints and hot spots.

Agun, who disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Benin, the state capital, said the spot cut across the three senatorial districts of the state

According to him, personnel of the corps had been deployed to those areas for maximum security.

Earlier Mr Philip Ayuba, Deputy Commandant-General of the corps, disclosed a total of 6,464 personnel were deployed for the election.

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He warned the officers against wearing of uniform which do not conform with the dress code of the corps, explaining that it was meant to avoid infiltration into the ranks of personnel of the corps.

“There are reports that some persons are trying to infiltrate the personnel, but we have put measures put in place to check it.

“We call on everyone to exhibit good habit; don’t be temperamental. Try to be friendly in telling people to do what they are supposed to do and then, try to also present us well.

“Make sure you abide by the rule of the game. Rule of the game is to be in your normal uniform. Anybody that is not in the right uniform according to the guidelines for this election will be denied. The corps was ready to ensure that the gubernatorial poll was free, fair and credible”.

According to him, the personnel would join the leading agency and other sister agencies to ensure nobody is intimidated while trying to perform his or her civil duty.

“The rule is to ensure that people are given the opportunity and people are not disenfranchised from casting their votes. We want you to perform your duties. Don’t do anything that will cause any problem there and don’t help any other person to commit crime while in their points of duty”.

‘’Whatever you do, it is not going to be we; it is going to be I. That is what the uniform says. If you commit anything, they will call the civil defence, but at the end, it will be only you,” he warned.