This picture shows a torn carton of Presidential ballot papers which were seized by Nigerian Army on the election day at Nigerian Army’s Bori camp in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019. (Photo AFP)
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”.
All were arrested in the southern state of Rivers on Saturday during the presidential and parliamentary elections, he told reporters in the state capital, Port Harcourt.
Other suspects were “thugs recruited by politicians to cause disturbances during the polls”, he added.
Suspects who were arrested by Nigerian Army personnel on the election day in connection with alleged various electoral offenses, including stealing a carton of Presidential ballot papers, are gathered before being handed over to police officers at Nigerian Army’s Bori camp in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019.
This picture shows a torn carton of Presidential ballot papers which were seized by Nigerian Army on the election day at Nigerian Army’s Bori camp in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019. (Photo AFP)
Suspects who were arrested by Nigerian Army personnel on the election day in connection with alleged various electoral offenses, including stealing a carton of Presidential ballot papers, explain to journalist before being handed over to police officers at Nigerian Army’s Bori camp in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019. (Photo AFP)
Suspects who were arrested by Nigerian Army personnel on the election day in connection with alleged various electoral offenses, including stealing a carton of Presidential ballot papers, are gathered before being handed over to police officers at Nigerian Army’s Bori camp in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019 (AFP)
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