The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has said that no fewer than 4,145 security personnel would be involved in the council polls slated for Sept. 21.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that that the council polls is to elect candidates into 17 chairmanship and 260 ward councilorship positions in Enugu State.
The Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, told NAN on Wednesday in Enugu that at least one security personnel would be provided at each of the 4,145 polling units in the 17 council areas of the state.
“We are in close synergy with the lead agency in policing, which is the Nigeria Police, to get the required numbers and get the posting finalised.
“The security personnel to be deployed will be fully armed and they will ensure that no one causes obstruction to the voting exercise on Saturday,” he said.
The chairman said that the commission had received and kept in safe custody all the non-sensitive materials for the council polls.
According to him, we will also be receiving the sensitive materials for the elections a few hours to the exercise.
“ENSIEC is fully prepared for free, fair and credible council polls on Saturday.
“We want all eligible voters to come out en mass to elect their preferred candidates without fear or favour on the D-day,” he said.
NAN reports that two million voters are expected to participate in the council polls; while ENSIEC had recruited 12,800 ad hoc electoral staff for the smooth conduct of the election.