No fewer than 10,000 security personnel have been deployed for the local government council election in Kano scheduled for Saturday Among them are 7,251 police officers, Kano State Police Commissioner, Habu Sani, disclosed on Thursday. Sani, in a statement by spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, said the security personnel will be in all the 8,084 polling stations of the 747 wards of the 44 councils of the state during the election. "Adequate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure peaceful conduct of the election," he said. The police chief restricted the movement of vehicles, tricycles and motorbikes from 12:pm on Friday until 6:pm Saturday. "Except those on essential services, such as ambulances, fire service trucks, accredited pressmen/election observer vehicles." "No state government agency is allowed to participate in the election exercise, such as KAROTA, Hisbah, vigilante and Man O' War. "No person will be allowed to carry bag, handset, ...
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