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128 nabbed for electoral offences

February 25, 2019 12:14 am

The police are holding 128 persons for electoral offences during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

The police also said they had recovered 38 weapons and some explosives.

According to the Acting Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Mohammed Adamu, the Special Election Investigation Team (SEIT) has been directed to begin a discreet investigation of all security-related infractions during the election and ensure that all persons found culpable are brought to book in accordance with the law.

Following the violence recorded in some parts of the country, the IG also directed Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General (AIGs) and Command Commissioners of Police to intensify …

Electoral materials seized in Zamfara

February 19, 2019 1:59 pm

Two vehicles carrying election materials to Sokoto were separately intercepted in Gusaum, capital of Zamfara state capital on Tuesday afternoon.

One of the vehicles was engage in an accident when it collided with two motorcycles along Sokoto road while the other was intercepted near Faru, a border town in Sokoto from Zamfara.

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