Police arrest 180 thugs
with weapons
Meanwhile, reports
reaching LEADERSHIP
suggest that the
Anambra poll may yet be
marred by violence: the
Imo State police
command yesterday
arrested about 180
armed hoodlums
carrying fake voter
cards, official identity
cards of the Independent
National Electoral
Commission (INEC), and
independent observer
identity cards.
The suspected bandits,
who were said to be
heading for Anambra
State ahead of
tomorrow’s governorship
election, confessed that
they were coming from
Osun State before they
were arrested around
7:30pm by the crack
team of the Imo State
police command in a
hotel in Owerri, while
waiting to link their
contact persons in
Anambra State.
According to the police,
items recovered from
them include two pump-
action rifles, live
ammunition rounds, 15
buses and other
incriminating materials.
The suspects could not
mention the political
party they were hired to
work for, even as
LEADERSHIP gathered
that they were paid over
N50 million to rig the
elections in favour of one
of the candidates.
Parading the suspects,
the commissioner of
police, Muhammad
Katsina, warned that the
state would no longer be
used as breeding ground
for criminal activities,
stressing that those
arrested would face the
law.
Katsina said that the
heavily armed hoodlums
were in the state to
cause breach of the
peace, and that the
operation against
miscreants would
continue without
hindrance.
One of the suspects who
identified himself as
Salawo Ayodele said
that they were members
of Justice and Equity
Organisation and were
hired to monitor the
election in Anambra
State.
Ayodele revealed that
they were paid N10,000
each.
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