Police officers on election duties to have operational guidelines

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

IG orders distribution of over 1m copies

Police officers and those of other security agencies who will be on duty during the forthcoming general election must each have a copy of the standard operational guidelines on election security duties.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba said this when he ordered the distribution of more than one million copies of a handbook produced by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on: 'Revised Standard Operational Guidelines/Rules for Police Officers and Other Law Enforcement Agents on Election Security Duties' ahead of the February 25 and March 11 polls.

The 36-paged handbook contains a page for the details of the officer to whom it is issued, a foreword by the IGP, rules on general conduct, duty parade, briefing/debriefing, dress and accoutrement, managing political parties' convention/rallies, and crowd control, use of force and lethal weapon, escorting and protecting election materials, the procedure of arrest, command and control, and other salient electoral security rules.

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