The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) recorded 489 major electoral infractions during this year’s general election, comprising the presidential, National Assembly, governorship and states’ House of Assembly held on February 25 and March 18.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba announced this yesterday at a meeting with top police officers. Baba said: “Across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a the total of 489 major electoral infractions leading to the arrest of a total of 781 offenders were recorded during the presidential, National Assembly, the governorship and states’ Houses of Assembly elections, while not less than 66 firearms of various descriptions were recovered from electoral adversaries.
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