# 180 Osun state Ballot Box Snatchers like our own in Ekiti, APC called them Peace Corps! Arrested with Fake Voters Cards, Ammunition in Imo State # The Imo State Police Command Thursday arrested over 180 bandits with fake voters cards, official identity cards of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and independent observer identity cards. The hoodlums, who were heading for Anambra State ahead of the Saturday governorship election, confessed that they were coming from Osun State before they were arrested around 7.30p.m. in a hotel in Owerri, the Imo state capital, while waiting to link up with their contact persons in Anambra State. Items recovered from them include two pump action riffles, live ammunition, 15 buses and other incriminating materials. Although the suspects could not mention the political party they were hired to work for, it was gathered that they were paid over N50 million to rig in favour of one of the candidates. Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, warned that Imo State will no longer be used as a breeding ground for criminal activities, adding that those arrested would be prosecuted. He said the heavily armed hoodlums were in the state to cause breach of peace, stating that the operation against miscreants will continue unabated. He further warned that the peace and security the command had worked so hard to attain will not be compromised by any politician no matter how highly placed. However, one of the suspects, Salawo Ayodele, said that they were members of Justice and Equity Organisation and were mandated to monitor the Anambra election. He disclosed that they were given N10,000 each as feeding money for the operation.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:15:43 +0000
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