Edo State Election: INEC starts 3-day training for Security personnel

Agencies begin their training ahead of the electoral process

Edo State Election: INEC starts 3-day training for Security personnel
INEC starts 3-day training for Security personnel

On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office started its customary three-day training for all security agencies that would participate in the Sept. 19, election in the state.

According to Dr. Jonathan Alalibo, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Edo, the training will bring together all array of security agencies toward containing any breaches that could affect the election.

He stated that the major objective of the training is to sensitize the security agencies to their core mandate of providing a secured environment. The training will end on August 7, 2020, 

“It is a well-known fact that Edo governorship election is scheduled to hold on Sept. 19.

 

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“As we are aware, political campaigns have started and already the state is beginning to notice some sort of skirmishes that are quite antithetical to the core values of free, fair and credible elections.

“Therefore, this training of security agencies is auspicious as it will expose the trainees to some fundamental issues bordering on securing the process and providing a secured environment for voters to exercise their franchise.

“Let me reiterate the fact that the conduct of the Edo governorship election is of serious concern to the commission.

“The commission will provide a veritable opportunity to build on the incremental gains on the conduct of the security agencies since the 2019 general elections,” he said.