The police command in Gombe has assured of adequate security, ahead of Saturday’s local government councils poll.

Hayatu Usman, the police commissioner, stated this in an interview in Gombe on Friday.

He said adequate personnel had been deployed to all 11 LGAs to ensure the election was smooth. 

Mr Usman urged residents to participate massively in the election as they had nothing to worry about, as police personnel had been deployed to give them the needed security cover.

“We are ready and prepared for it; it is going to be peaceful. We have put all the measures in place to ensure peaceful polls. We are assuring residents that their security will be prioritised and that they should come out and freely carry out their democratic rights.

“To those who may want to cause chaos, we are ready for them and will deal with anybody who wants to cause troubles, so they should have a second thought,” he said.

Mr Usman urged residents to be law-abiding and cooperate with security agencies and also advised all political parties to abide by the rules and guidelines for the election.

“Let the political parties that will participate in the election play the game by the rules of the electoral body in the state,” the police commissioner said.

(NAN)