Ahead of the Saturday governorship and State House of Assembly polls in Kwara State, authority of Nigerian Air Force has deployed a military fighter jet to monitor and provide surveillance during the exercise.
The Air Force Commander in the state, Air Commodore A. Adamu, stated this at a press conference held on Thursday in Ilorin. He said residents should not be afraid when they see the jet flying, ROYAL NEWS reports.
According to him, “It is basically for surveillance purposes and we are here to support the police,” he said, adding that the helicopter earlier used on February 23 had been redeployed to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East.
Also speaking on the military jet deployment at the state police headquarters, the state Commissioner of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said the development was nothing that should cause panic among residents.
He said the NAF was mainly helping the police to provide adequate security during the elections.
On efforts made so far to ensure the success of the March 9 elections, Egbetokun said the police, as well as other security agencies, including the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, had deployed “adequate men”, who had been trained in elections security.
The police commissioner did not however disclose the number of security men deployed in the state, in spite of pressure to do so.
