Jalingo – The Independent National Electoral
Commission said it would engage the services of
Nigerian Air Force, Navy and other security agencies
for adequate security during general elections in
2015.
Mr Austin Okojie, the commission’s Resident
Electoral Commissioner in Taraba, disclosed this
while addressing Batch B corps members at NYSC
Orientation Camp in Jalingo on Sunday.
Okojie explained that the move was necessary given
the level of insecurity in the country.
“The commission is making arrangements with the
Nigerian Air Force, Navy and other security agents to
ensure safety of lives and property during the 2015
general elections.
“We expect Nigerians to understand that the
engagement of security agents to maintain law and
order is to enable us to conduct free, fair and
acceptable elections’’, he said.
Okojie advised corpse members to be patriotic in the
elections.
Mr Freeman Tumba, the State Coordinator of NYSC,
commended the role of corpse members in the
country’s electoral process so far.
He said corpse members were the best set of
Nigerians to bring credibility to the nation’s electoral
process.(NAN)
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