2027: Don’t become catalyst for violence – Gov Abiodun warns police

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has warned information operatives not to go catalysts for unit successful the 2027 wide elections, stressing that they stay a captious constituent of democracy.

Abiodun gave the informing connected Tuesday astatine a two-day store connected predetermination security, the law, stakeholders and the media organised by the Ogun State Police Command successful collaboration with Development Communication Research Centre Ltd/Gte.

The governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser connected Security, AIG Olusola Subair (rted), said the store was indispensable to equip officers with cognition of what to bash before, during and aft elections, noting that predetermination outcomes are sometimes determined by constabulary reports.

“We each request to cognize that constabulary is simply a precise important constituent of democracy, and without security, determination tin beryllium nary democracy. That is wherefore the work and the roles to beryllium played by the constabulary is precise cardinal successful electoral process,” helium added.

Abiodun cautioned officers against actions that could trigger violence, urging them to leverage the grooming to guarantee peaceful polls successful Ogun State.

“We privation you to beryllium nonrecreational successful the behaviour of this election, successful however you are going to negociate and unafraid this peculiar election. I privation to arsenic enjoin you that you bash not...