Six people were reportedly arrested on Saturday during the Edo governorship election, according to the Nigeria Police, and BIVAS machines that had been obtained illegally or stolen were also found.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Frank Mba, the deputy inspector general of police in charge of the election, made this announcement on Monday in Benin during a news conference attended by a select group of media outlets.
He added that 58 voter cards and firearms that belonged to a suspect who was in illegal possession had also been found.
He said, “Yes, there were arrests made. Six arrests persons were arrested. We expect this number to shoot up in the course of investigations because we expect that there will be accomplices. I mean there will be people who aided, who abetted, who procured, who facilitated and who sponsored these suspects who were arrested.
“We also recovered a total number of four weapons of different mixes. This is also the subject of a very wide investigation. Life ammunition was also recovered in the process of recovering those weapons.
“A total number of 58 voter cards that were in the unlawful position of a suspect, some stolen or illegally illicitly acquired BIVAS machines were equally recovered. While we fully recovered some amounts in cash.
“This is a summary of everything we’ve done with our arrest and recoveries, but like I said earlier we expect that as we deep in and continue and expand our investigation we will be able to pick more persons.”
According to Mba, the police have turned on the police election station, which entails extensive state patrols and show of force .
Assuring the Edo people of their safety, he praised them for maintaining their peaceful behavior as they had done both before and after the election.