About 1,000 policemen are to be
mobilised for duty on Saturday during the by-election for the vacant
assembly seat of Maradun 11 State Constituency in Zamfara,

Longinus Ibe, the state command deputy commissioner of police, said on Tuesday.

A Federal High Court in January had
voided the election of Yahaya Giwa of the ANPP and ordered a fresh
election. Five political parties: the AC, AA, PDP, APGA and the ANPP
are fielding candidates in the by-election.

Mr. Ibe said that the police was adequately prepared for the March
13 by-election. “We have adequately mobilised our men and ordered them
to ensure strict monitoring of political activities before, during and
after the election, so as to maintain peace in the state,” he said.