Nigeria army arrests dozens for electoral offences vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Nigeria’s army has handed over dozens of suspects to police, after they were arrested on suspicion of electoral offences at the polls last weekend, a spokesman said on Tuesday.Colonel Aminu Iliyasu said the suspects “include an army major and four policemen, a serving commissioner and a local lawmaker in the state”.
Iliyasu accused the Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike of attempting to bribe the army to compromise the polls in favour of his Peoples Democratic Party . One election volunteer was killed by a stray bullet in the Rivers state, where some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission and even police were held hostage before being released unharmed.Iliyasu said some of those arrested were found in a state government vehicle on Saturday with bundles of ballot papers meant for the vote.
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