ENGINEER, 3 OTHERS ARRESTED FOR MANIPULATING APC CONGRESS RESULTS SHEET

‘At about 1400hrs of today being 12th May, 2018, operatives of the IGP Special Tactical Squad on a tip-off trailed and arrested the above mentioned suspects in SEREDIB HOTEL AT WUSE II, ABUJA while in the act in hideout in the hotel, manipulating and entering data into result sheets of the Imo State APC Ward Election Result Sheets’, the statement stated.

The statement said, the police was determined to ensure violence free and credible elections across the country in the forth coming 2019 general election,adding that the force has therefore, put in adequate security arrangement to guarantee free and fair elections from primary elections of all political parties to period of nomination and campaigns and the election proper throughout the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory.

‘The Inspector General of Police has directed all Commissioners of Police and their supervising Assistant Inspector General of Police to ensure adequate security and should not hesitate to deal decisively with any individual or group whose conduct or action might resort to disruption of the electoral process anywhere in the country regardless of status or position in the society’,Moshood emphasised.

The statement also explained that police are to implement security strategies and measures to forestall any action that may mar or truncate the electoral process before, during and after the 2019 general elections in the country.

The police spokesman said, the principal suspect has confessed that all the electoral materials were given to them by Dr. Iyke Njoku, Zonal coordinator, Owerri Municipality to Senator Hope Uzodimma representing Orlu Senatorial District of Imo State in the Senate.

‘ All the suspects admitted and confessed to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime. Investigation is in progress and effort is being intensified to arrest Dr. Iyke Njoku and other suspects still at large. All suspects will all be arraigned in court on completion of investigation’,Moshood said.