The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has revealed that the Nigeria Police Force recorded and responded to 185 major incidents, arrested 203 electoral offenders, and recovered 18 firearms from political thugs nationwide, during the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections held on February 25.
The Police Chief made the revelation during a meeting with strategic police managers aimed at perfecting the action plan for the forthcoming march 11 elections at the force headquarters, Abuja, noting that the cases are currently at various stages of investigation at the Nigeria police electoral offences desks.
He added that they will be concluded and processed to the legal department of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for prosecution in due course, calling on parents and guardians to prevail on their children to resist the urge of being recruited as agents to disrupt the nation’s electoral process.