Ahead of next Saturday's elections, the military high command has deployed about 300 soldiers in Kwara state.

Spokesperson 22 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sobi Lt. Weri Finikumor said the soldiers were deployed in Ilorin and the other local government areas of the state for the elections.

Finikumor added that the soldiers would be there to maintain security and not to meddle with the conduct.

He added that the soldiers would be 300 meters away from polling booths and would not be involve in any thing pertaining to election materials including ballot papers and boxes.

Finikumor said the police are the ones to be involved in security around the polling units, adding that soldiers would intervene on invitation of the police if there is major security threat which the police cannot handle.