Osun 2026: IGP deploys DIG Mohammed to coordinate security operations

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

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.

In a statement, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, said the deployment was part of the Nigeria Police Force’s operational measures to ensure a peaceful, secure and credible electoral process across the state.

According to the statement, 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 the state’s three senatorial districts to supervise operations, strengthen intelligence-led policing and ensure prompt response to emerging threats,” the statement noted.

The Force said it had put adequate security arrangements 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 all intending troublemakers that ballot snatching, voter intimidation, political thuggery and other electoral offences would attract prompt arrest and prosecution.

Disu also reiterated the ban on armed escorts, security aides and other unauthorised persons accompanying political figures or VIPs to polling units or collation centres on election day.

He stressed that state-established security outfits, quasi-security groups and private security organisations were equally barred from participating in election security duties, in line with established Nigeria Police Force election security directives.