The Nigeria Police Force has said
it would arrest and prosecute
anyone who violates 15 electoral
offences on Election Days.
Casting of vote twice or more.
Announcing false election result
or stopping other persons from
voting could land voters in
trouble.
A statement by the Force Public
Relations Officer, Emmanuel
Ojukwu, in Abuja on Thursday,
said
Revealing information on a
ballot paper of another person
and being in possession of
another person’s voter card,
are offences the police would
not take lightly.
The statement further cautioned
citizens against:
Disorderly behaviours at polling
units,
Canvassing for votes,
Shouting slogans of a political
party,
Wielding guns, sticks, stones or
other dangerous weapons at
polling units
Loitering or walking about at a
poling unit.
The police also frowned on:
The use of siren,
Snatching or destroying ballot
boxes or card readers,
Holding public meetings during
election hours on Election Day,
Wearing or carrying badge or
poster of a political party
Inflicting or threatening to
inflict injury on any person or
persons at a polling unit.
The Force advised the public to
avoid trouble, “as any offender
will be arrested and
prosecuted.”
In the same vein, the Police
Community Relations Committee,
Maitama Division, Abuja, has
called on Nigerians to eschew
violence and cooperate with the
police and other security
agencies during the polls.
The PCRC Chairman, Alhaji
Husseyn Zakari, said Nigerians
should not allow the selfish
interest of some minorities in the
country to jeopardise the future
by engaging in violence.
Zakari, who was represented by
Uwem Essien, stated that the
PCRC is working with the police
to ensure non-violent elections
and he appealed to the youths to
shun any enticement from
troublesome individuals or
groups seeking to use innocent
citizens as instruments of
violence during the polls.
He said, “We need to ignore
wrong insinuations and all forms
of political misrepresentations
and concentrate on the way
forward for Nigeria such as
enjoying peaceful co-existence,
security of lives and property and
so on.”

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