2023 Polls: Nigerian Army Approves Hotlines For Operation Safe Conduct

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri

In an effort to effectively carry out its constitutional mandate of providing support to civil authorities and working in synergy with the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to ensure the protection of lives and property during the forthcoming 2023 elections, the Nigerian Army, NA, has approved a list of hotlines to monitor and report any suspicious act or acts of violence by unscrupulous persons or group of persons, capable of disrupting the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election, as well as the conduct of troops deployed to provide security during the election.

This is part of the NA’s  move to support the lead security agency, the NPF, for the successful conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections.

This was contained in a press statement signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, and made available to our correspondent in Maiduguri, via an email message on Tuesday evening.

Recall that the NA had earlier produced and circulated Codes of Conduct and Rules of Engagement for Operation Safe Conduct to formations and units to provide guidance and ensure that troops operate within the provisions of the codes and rules.

Members of the general public are enjoined to call the phone numbers below in their various states, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, to report any security breach during the elections:

States                  Phone No(s)
Abia                     08031113129
Adamawa           08022750987
Akwa-Ibom         07034470916
Anambra             07035891185
Bauchi                 08128063675
Bayelsa               08033241005
Benue                  08080754339
Borno                  09099616160
08086987079
Cross River         08037084192
Delta                    07035070797
Ebonyi                 08158274048
Edo                      09066325953
Ekiti                     08037851448
Enugu                  09032102212
08023097458
Gombe                07063908779
08082557782
Imo                      07034907427
Jigawa                07017791414
08100144363
Kaduna               07031544227
08028580978
08035242633
Kano                    08038432656
Katsina                08108854061
09012998054
Kebbi                   09130213661
Kogi                     08033217964
Kwara                  09060001270
Lagos                  08034025825
08023190487
09024409000
08033709434
Nasarawa           09051009404
Niger                    07031346425
Ogun                    09116589494
Ondo                    08036130535
Osun                    09019683922
Oyo                      07047703000
Plateau               08037116395
07031260622
Rivers                  08064274222
Sokoto                 07069084570
07052693532
08136913284
Taraba                  08136728969
08060902363
Yobe                     08061397656
Zamfara               08140075541
FCT                       09114913164
08186690471
08079153860
08034276240
08164304255
09159793968.