{"id":427665,"date":"2011-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/police-deploy-20000-officers-for-rivers-council-polls\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"police-deploy-20000-officers-for-rivers-council-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/police-deploy-20000-officers-for-rivers-council-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Deploy 20,000 Officers For Rivers Council Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"46.4895927602\"><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ngrguardiannews.com\/plugins\/content\/valaddthis\/images\/share-long.gif\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"39\">\n<p>AHEAD of the chairmanship and councillorship election scheduled to hold in Rivers State today, the Rivers State Police Command has deployed 20,000 officers and other security agents<\/p>\n<p>to ensure adequate security. The state\u2019s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt \u00a0 while briefing journalists on the preparedness of police for the election.<\/p>\n<p>Abba said the officers have been informed of their responsibilities and have been reminded of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that the officers, having been adequately enlightened, would ensure that the game is played according<\/p>\n<p>to the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Other security and law enforcement agents are men and officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigerian<\/p>\n<p>Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).<\/p>\n<p>Abbah said there will be restriction of movement of vehicles in the<\/p>\n<p>state from 9.00 am and 6.00 pm today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ngrguardiannews.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=48680:police-deploy-20000-officers-for-rivers-council-polls&amp;catid=1:national&amp;Itemid=559\" title=\"Police Deploy 20,000 Officers For Rivers Council Polls\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Deploy 20,000 Officers For Rivers Council Polls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> AHEAD of the chairmanship and councillorship election scheduled to hold in Rivers State today, the Rivers State Police Command has deployed 20,000 officers and other security agents to ensure adequate security. 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