To ensure activities go as planned during the Presidential and
National Assembly elections today, March 28th; over 36, 000 armed men
will be on ground to help keep Lagos in check.
This follows the deployment of soldiers across the country, as announced
by Coordinator; National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, at a recent
news conference in Abuja.
Quoting Vanguard, Omeri said there was adequate provision of security
during the election period, even as he called on Nigerians to abide by
the restriction of vehicular movement as ordered by the police.
In furtherance, the Lagos State Police boss, Kayode Aderanti,
revealed at a meeting today that the armed men were selected from The
Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and the Nigerian Air Force. Others were
drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps, Department of State Security, and the Nigerian Immigration
Service amongst others.
Tribune reports that Aderanti has in place about 500 patrol vans, 100
buses, 100 motocycles, black maria trucks, one luxury bus, three
Armored Personnel Carriers, five gun boats, and two helicopters in
readiness for the March 28th Presidential and National Assembly
elections in Lagos State.