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Police Deploy 15,544 Policemen To Rivers
According to Usman Belel, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, the deployment is to beef up security and ensure smooth conduct of election in the state.
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The Nigeria Police Force has deployed 15,544 policemen to Rivers State for the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections.

According to Usman Belel, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, the deployment is to beef up security and ensure smooth conduct of election in the state.

Rivers State is currently heated up due to the barring of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding any candidate in the state.

The party held a protest at the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, and were dispersed by Police and Army with tear-gas canisters.

Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt, Belel said: “There will be radical departure from the past elections usually characterized by violence. Together, we shall get it right this time. Rivers State will outlive the elections.

“On our part, we promise to be neutral, apolitical and professional and to provide level-playing fields for all the political parties to exercise their franchise.”

Belel added that both land and water ways would be shut from 12midnight on Friday till 4pm on Saturday.

http://saharareporters.com/2019/02/15/police-deploy-15544-policemen-rivers

My people in as much as I will love atiku to win his ers must rise and go and vote,he can't win on nairaland with likes and shares,so go to your polling unit and vote

Pmb has die hard ers in the north,i heard some have even been sleeping in their wards just to cast their votes for him.

Pls don't let us allow this evil to come back for the second time because of our negligence.

Vote Atiku and stay till the votes are counted,its just once in every four years,so why can't you sacrifice that day for your country.

Vote don't fight.

God bless Nigeria.

ohhh lord,

Why?

No more hope for Amaechi to cause violence

No problem as far as the promise to become neutral it's fine.

Let them not also forget that any security agent or INEC official planning to rig this election should prepare his/her will before coming simple.

How many police will now police the rest of the country?

GOD WILL MAKE ATIKU WIN! PLS COME AND VOTE FOR HIM, DONT HIM WITH ORDINARY MOUTH

Buhari will win with a wider margin than he did in 2015

River's state alone. What's happening in this country self. southern Nigeria ir really under siege.

No APC candidates because they are not organized.

They fight like kids.

na world war dem dey go ni

Agile Mopol, una gallant!

allcomage:
River's state alone. What's happening in this country self. southern Nigeria ir really under siege.

If you are from that region, that's why you need to come out and vote not just that but also make sure your vote counts.

Why my state? They need them more up north.

I expected the I.G to send 20,000 mobile force there . Rivers state is a tough terrain

what out, they are probably not all police, Kano vigilante group and hisbah in police uniform may be! to rig election monitor your votes..[b][/b]

Charly68:
I expected the I.G to send 20,000 mobile force there . Rivers state is a tough terrain

I'm sure there will be soldiers too

What is the source of this information

This is a welcome development, Rivers state Is APC.

We Rivers indigenes and non indigenes will vote Buhari

Atiku is rejected by us in Rivers state.

We urge the police to break down any PDP thugs caught rigging the elections.

Atiku and PDP are dead in Rivers state.

Cherrybae:
This is a welcome development, Rivers state Is APC.

We Rivers indigenes and non indigenes will vote Buhari

Atiku is rejected by us in Rivers state.

We urge the police to break down any PDP thugs caught rigging the elections.

Atiku and PDP are dead in Rivers state.

Joke of the century.

MORE THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND POLICE TO RIVER STATE ALONE?

BUHARI HAS NEVER DONE A THING LIKE THIS TO BENUE AND OTHER STATES EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ATTACKED BY FOREIGN JIHADISTS

All these anti Buhari warriors won't risk waking up by 6am tomorrow to ensure the early arrival at their various polling units

Chaii

Beautyprincess:
GOD WILL MAKE ATIKU WIN! PLS COME AND VOTE FOR HIM, DONT HIM WITH ORDINARY MOUTH

Dont worry he is going to win in SS/SE

Is there boko haram in rivers nawa

Is it a war we are fighting?

whether they deploy 1 million police to Cotonou, Buhari will still win the forthcoming election

Sai Buhari.


If only people knew what oil countries such as Angolans and Venezuela folks are ing through during this global crude oil price recess, they would thank God Buhari came in rather than Jonathan who looted us dry during oil boom when it was selling at $110 per barrel for five years unlike the paltry $50 it has been selling under APC. If the looting Jonathan couldn't save during the time of plenty and was already borrowing, how would he have carried on during this crude oil price recess?

Despite Buhari istration earning 60% less yet he's come up with plenty projects such as

Our railways at itakpewarri, Lagos-ibadan, kaduna-abuja etc,

The production of low cost fertilizers,

Zik maoseleum

Baro inland port,

Rice mills,

Foreign reserve increase from $26b to $43b,

Construction of our express highways such as enuguonitsha, Lagos-ibadan etc.

Social policy schemes such as tradermoni, npower etc

Payment of all pensions of airline staffs that were forced to retire after the shambolic privatisation by Atiku. PDP didn't pay them in the last 16 years.

And most especially, stabilizing us through this recession which happened because jonathan failed to save despite earning 60% more than Buhari coupled with the fall in the price of crude oil from $110 per barrel in 5 years under Jonathan to a paltry $50 per barrel under Buhari istration yet Buhari was able to keep us afloat while having many projects to his name thereby surprising Ngozi Iweala and Charles Soludo who predicted recession because jonathan looted and failed to save during the time of plentiful.

Sai Baba. PDP, Neva again

Trouble1:
Buhari will win with a wider margin than he did in 2015

All of us will suffer the consequences including his headstrong and foolish ers.

Please who has the video of Amaechi's stage performance during the APC campaign in Rivers State.Thanks