To ensure strict and efficicient policing during the 2023 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has launched dozens of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC’s), Water canons, Anti-riot gadgets and hundreds of patrol vans for the Nigeria Police.
The equipments were launched at the police headquarters, Abuja.
Present at the unveiling of the policing platforms were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Ayo Amao and host, Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba.
President Buhari was on ground personally at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja, today, to commission a wide assortment of operational assets acquired by the Nigeria Police Force for improved strategic and tactical operational deployments, particularly in light of the upcoming 2023 General Elections.
The equipment, which includes operational vehicles, crowd control and anti-riot gadgets, and high capacity desktop and laptop computers were acquired to ensure proper enforcement of electoral laws and seamless electioneering process and stabilizing the public space before, during, and after the general elections and for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the NPF to manage civil disorder in line with acceptable national legal framework and global law enforcement protocols.
The President commended the efforts of the IGP in advancing the commitment of his administration to a reformed, modernized, fully equipped, highly motivated and citizens’ focused Police Force that is re-oriented to the virtues of professionalism, respect for the rule of law, due process, operational efficiency and best international practices in policing the nation.