Sen. Adams Oshiomhole.
Orderlies and VIP protection will be deactivated 48 hours to the Edo State governorship election, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Frank Mba, said on Sunday.
Mba said only Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy would be allowed to keep their police protection during the next week’s governorship poll.
He spoke during the Edo Security Town Hall meeting on Sunday.
The Deputy I-GP also disclosed that the Edo State borders would receive special attention from the police ahead of the governorship election.
Said he: ”We will clearly demobilise, and deactivate orderlies and VIP protection personnel 48 hours before the election.
“The Governor and Deputy Governor will keep personal security, but these personnel are not allowed to accompany them to the electoral ground”.
The Edo State governorship election holds on Saturday this week with Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Olumide Akpata of Labour Party (LP) as the frontrunners.
Obaseki had on Saturday, declared that the governorship election would be “a do-or-die-die affair”.
This came as the governor refused to sign the peace accord.
With the development, Edo North Senatorial District Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, and others will be in the State without police protection during the election.
