Police to arraign electoral offenders
THE Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that five out of 23 persons arrested during the Presidential and National Assembly elections would be arraigned for electoral offences. This came as the command reassured the electorate of optimal security at the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The suspects, according to the command, were nabbed in connection with the destruction of electoral materials, ballot box snatching, among others. The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin said: “During preliminary investigation, only five suspects out of the 23 arrested have cases to answer in court for allegedly disrupting the electoral process in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections held on Febuary 25, 2023. “They will be charged to court any moment from now for disrupting the electoral process. Their investigations have been concluded. The rest were just victims of circumstances,” he addded. Meanwhile, assuring Lagosia...