By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested 203 suspects for various election-related crimes during the just concluded polls in Nigeria.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba stated this during a meeting with the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police and members of the Force Management Team, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, Commissioners of Police, and heads of tactical investigative and operational units of the Force at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Alkali said that its personnel responded to one hundred and eighty-five (185) major incidents across the country during the elections while retrieving 18 firearms from political thugs during the exercise.
He said that the cases are at various stages of investigation at the Nigeria Police Electoral Offences Desks and assured that they will be concluded and processed to the Legal Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission for prosecution.
On the performance of security agencies during the polls, the IGP said the personnel had worked in line with the Reviewed Standard Operational Guidelines and Rules for Police Officers and Other Security Agents on Electoral Duties which was issued to all officers in the countdown to the election operations.
The IGP equally applauded the high level of resilience, and utmost professionalism displayed by Officers and men of the Nigeria Police as well as other security agencies in the course of the election security operations.
The meeting was convened to debrief officers posted for election security management duties and appraise the performance of the Nigeria Police Force at the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly Elections, identify gaps and perfect the action plan for the forthcoming March 11th Elections.
