He said the force’s handicap was premised on inadequate staff strength and poor funding. He spoke in Lagos yesterday where he delivered a paper titled, ‘’Security Institutions and Electoral Reforms’’, at the Obafemi Awolowo Institute of Governance and Public Policy. He also said security agencies that normally collaborate with the police to provide security at election times also experience similar problems.
‘’The Nigeria Police Force, no doubt shoulders a major security responsibility for elections. With a staff strength that is still under 500,000 (inclusive of specialists and those manning police stations nationwide) to cover at least 120,000 polling stations and annual poor funding that makes it impossible to provide officers and men with attractive/motivating service conditions and necessary logistics in the right quantity and quality, it will be sheer wishful thinking to expect efficient performance’’, he said.
He said the development accounted for why the police cannot bring perpetrators of election offences to book.
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