{"id":78056,"date":"2025-11-04T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78056"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:08:08","slug":"psc-deploys-monitors-to-anambra-warns-police-against-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/04\/psc-deploys-monitors-to-anambra-warns-police-against-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC Deploys Monitors to Anambra, Warns Police Against Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Police Service Commission (PSC) has deployed monitoring teams to Anambra State ahead of Saturday\u2019s governorship election, warning police officers to remain neutral and professional.<\/p>\n<p>PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani quoted the commission\u2019s chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.), as saying the poll would test the Nigeria Police Force\u2019s readiness for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Argungu cautioned that any officer found compromising electoral standards would face disciplinary action, adding that those who perform excellently would be commended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice officers must display utmost discipline and impartiality to ensure a free, fair, and peaceful election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the Anambra Police Command\u2019s preparedness, noting that Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu had already toured area commands and identified flashpoints ahead of the poll.<\/p>\n<p>The PSC said its monitors would be stationed across the state to ensure compliance with electoral laws and prevent misconduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The Police Service Commission (PSC) has deployed monitoring teams to Anambra State ahead of Saturday\u2019s governorship election, warning police officers to remain neutral and professional. PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani quoted the commission\u2019s chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd.), as saying the poll would test the Nigeria Police Force\u2019s readiness for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78058,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78056\/revisions\/78058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}