The IGP disclosed the measures on Friday in Abuja during a meeting with civil society organisations on election security in Osun State. According to him, officers were deployed early while he personally visited Osun to engage political parties, students and parents on the need to prevent violence before the election. So the Commissioner of Police was asked to stand aside, while the Electoral Commissioner of Police took over. He said, “A great number of officers have been deployed to Osun. He added, “We deployed just like we did in the Ekiti State election.