He gave the warning, while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Preseidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, only people who had official functions to perform in the state would be allowed to move freely during the election.
He said to ensure peace and compliance with law and order in the state, he had to change the operational guidelines left behind for the election by his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar, who retired last week.
Abba said the new operational guidelines would ensure that his men got to the state on time to commence preparations for the election.
He warned that the law would take its course against those allegedly training thugs to cause trouble during the election.
He said: “When I took over on Friday, I met an operational order in place. I went through it quickly and made a number of adjustments, which include the fact that we need to be there early enough; so, I adjusted the time that officers were directed to report.
“I made sure that by Saturday, they are there, and the aim is that if any one is training anybody to cause violence, we are telling him that we would make sure the law takes its course.
“In fact, my advice is this, if you don’t have any business to do with Osun election, just don’t go there because the law will catch up with you. This is my advice.”
Asked his strategies to combat insurgency and other crimes in the country, the Acting IGP said: “I must tell you, I would like to categorise all of them whether insurgency or kidnapping, or armed robbery, all of them are violent crimes and the first and foremost thing we are going to do is to make efforts to ensure that it does not continue to spread. And these strategies will come into place before the end of the week, I assure you.”
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