The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has deployed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Ishyaku Mohammed, to Osun State to coordinate security operations for the governorship election scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026.
The deployment is part of measures by the Nigeria Police Force to ensure a peaceful, secure and credible electoral process across the state.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Inieddu, DIG Mohammed will coordinate the police component of the election security arrangement and work closely with other security agencies under the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
He will be supported by Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police strategically deployed across Osun’s three senatorial districts. Their mandate includes supervising operations, strengthening intelligence-led policing and ensuring prompt responses to emerging security threats.
The police said adequate security arrangements had also been put in place to protect voters, INEC personnel, election materials, polling units, collation centres, accredited observers and media practitioners before, during and after the election.
The IGP warned political actors, their supporters and other intending troublemakers against engaging in electoral offences, including ballot snatching, voter intimidation and political thuggery.
According to the police, anyone found committing such offences would face prompt arrest and prosecution.
The Force also reiterated its ban on armed escorts, security aides and other unauthorised persons accompanying political figures or VIPs to polling units and collation centres on election day.
Similarly, state-established security outfits, quasi-security groups and private security organisations are barred from participating in election-security duties, in line with established Nigeria Police Force directives.
The Nigeria Police Force assured residents, voters and visitors in Osun State of adequate security and urged eligible citizens to exercise their franchise peacefully and without fear.
The Force said it remained committed to professionalism, neutrality, respect for human rights and the protection of the electoral process.
