The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has redeployed the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, over alleged partisanship.

Speaking on a monitored program, Egbetokun said the redeployment was not an admittance of guilt but for neutrality sake.

In a related development, the IGP has ordered the distribution of 220 operational vehicles for security management in anticipation of the gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a post on the official X handle of the Nigerian Police said, the vehicles include water cannons, armored personnel carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters.