With barely 86 days left to the conduct of presidential election, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Plateau State Command, has engaged political parties candidates as well as the Inter party Advisory Council (IPAC) towards a peaceful elections come 2027 general elections.

Addressing the candidates alongside other heads of security agents at the Police Officers Mess in Jos, Commissioner of Police Plateau State Command, CP Ayodeji Faniyan stated that election security cannot be achieved without active collaboration of the political actors.

The CP revealed that the interactive forum aimed at ensuring peaceful, fair, transparency, and crime free elections in 2027.

He said Plateau is being perceived as the flash point of insecurity, noting that a lot of attention has been focused to the as election is fast approaching.
"As the security agencies we want to downsized such negative narratives by ensuring timely deployment of security personnel across the state. We are fully ready to collaborate with all political parties and their candidates.

He appeal to political actors, especially the candidates to continue educating their followers as the election is not a do or die affairs.

"Play the game according to the rules by ensuring that the conduct and content of campaigns should be issued based devoid of fake news, vote buying, and the negative use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

"Election should not generate violent, creat enemity as people should have vigor to voluntarily vote according to their conscience without intimidation", he noted.
While assuring the neutrality of the security personnel, the CP acknowledged that the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu has already given a matching order for all formation and commands across the federation to rise up the standard as they have demonstrated during the governorship election in Osun state.

"There is enough personnel to deploy in each polling unit to guide against indices of electoral fraud because our target is to ensure no life is lost", CP Faniyan added.

Mr. Isah Idakwo, head of electoral Operations and Logistics, represented the Plateau State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Sam Egwu, confirmed that the 
INEC is fully ready and prepared to conduct 2027 general elections.

Idakwo affirmed there is going to be inclusiveness as the election will be free, fair, credible, and transparent.
He said statistics has shown that about 9 local governments in Plateau has challenges of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) this includes: Riyom, Barkin-Ladi, Bokkos, Bassa, Mangu, Kanam, Wase, Qua'anpan, Jos South respectively.

According to him, "the commission at the National level is collaborating with international organisations towards making sure that those at the IDP camps have the access opportunity to vote."

The State Director National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mrs Kaneng Pam, tasked candidates to desist from character assassination and fake news tantamount of tarnishing their integrity.

The Secretary Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Plateau State Aminu Hadi while assuring of full support and collaboration 
appeal for equal level playing ground from the INEC and the security agencies to all political parties devoid sentiment.