Polling Centres: Police to arrest politicians with armed security
Preparatory to Saturday's governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Nigeria police Friday vowed to arrest any political office holder who parades polling centres with armed security personnel.
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Training and Development, Mr. Olufemi Adenaike told reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital while speaking on the level of preparations for Saturday's election.
He added that, the police authorities has deployed all necessary personnel across the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory so as to record another huge success like that of presidential and national assembly polls in the country.
Mr. Adenaike said that the "the police would not allow any political office holders to carry guns and ammunitions to the polling booths in order not allow any intimidation of voters during the poll."
He said that; "the political office holders should comport themselves according to the law of the land by going to the polling booths to cast their votes without ?any intimidation whatsoever."
Adenaike who said he was in Kwara to supervise the elections added that, the people should obey the restriction period of 8am to the 5pm.
He said that, police would not allow any movement of people across the length and breadth of the country so as to prevent any alleged plans by any politicians to move voters to other places in the country.
?He said that, the police was poised to achieve another success like the last presidential and national elections across the country.
Adenaike who described Kwara as a peaceful state said that, the people of the state should come out without any hindrance to cast their votes.
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