The Police command in Lagos State says it has handed over four suspected electoral offenders to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for prosecution.
The Police Public Relations Officers in Lagos, SP. Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.
Hundeyin said that out of 23 persons arrested during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Lagos State, six of them were allegedly found to be culpable for electoral and criminal acts.
He said two males and two females were handed over to INEC on Friday morning, for alleged unlawful possession of PVCs and diversion of sensitive electoral materials.
The spokesman said that two other suspects arrested same day would be prosecuted by the police for alleged unlawful possession of firearms.
Hundeyin said those to be prosecuted by the police are, Joseph Agada and Animashaun Kabiru.
He said all the suspects were charged to court on Friday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jigawa says it is set to
use the election rescheduled period to organise refresher training for ad hoc staff in the state.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Muhammad Bashar, said this when fielding questions
from newsmen in Dutse on Friday.
Bashar said the decision of the electoral body to shift the elections forward would enable the commission to
retrain ad hoc staff for better service delivery.
He added that “the commission had taken note of challenges encountered during the Presidential and National Assembly
elections, hence its decision to retrain staff to correct the mistakes.
“Even though we’ve trained them earlier, it is another opportunity to do more.”
The REC said that the commission had received all materials for the governorship and state assembly elections in the state.
He added that election materials, both sensitive and non-sensetive, have been sorted out and allocated, “and now
under the supervision of party agents and INEC staff at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
When asked about the safety of the materials, Bashar said “the materials are in the custody of the CBN, as we speak now,
they are there in their warehouse, we did not take them to LGAs yet.’’
The REC further said that the commission had so far received 20 petitions and complaints from both political parties and candidates in the state.
He added that it also received applications for the issuance of certified true copy of ballot papers and result sheets.
“I cannot tell you the exact number of petitions, I would tell you about 20 so far received from diverse areas of the state and from different political parties.
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