The Inspector General Of Police Arrested 323 Electoral Offenders during Presidential Election.
According to the report, The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has disclosed that a total of 323 persons were arrested in states across the country in connection with violation of various electoral infractions committed during the 2019 February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections.
Adamu Mohammed the IG who disclosed this at a meeting with strategic police managers of the 2019 general election in Abuja, assured that all those found culpable after investigation would be prosecuted in line with the law. While he was commiserating with the families and relations of officers and men who lost their lives during the election, he also noted that the deceased paid the supreme sacrifice for the nation’s democracy.
With the statistics updated resulting from presidential and National Assembly elections, shows that a total of 323 offenders so far have been arrested for various electoral offences across the country.
Two officers also paid the supreme sacrifice, while some others were assaulted and injured. In appreciating the sacrifice made towards the advancement of the democratic journey of our country, I wish to send my heartfelt condolences to the families of officers and men who lost their lives during the presidential and National Assembly elections exercise, and I also sympathise with those who were injured or assaulted.
I assure them that the perpetrators of these acts will be fished out and brought to deserved justice no matter their socio political status, said IG. I have directed those arrested for various electoral infractions to the special electoral offences team of the force to undertake detailed and conclusive investigations into all the cases with a view to liaising with the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in ensuring their prosecution, says IGP.
The IG said the purpose of the meeting He reassured the country and the, Doing otherwise shall attract the full and appropriate response from the Police and other security agencies, he added.
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