The Nigerian police have released an official death toll for the
rerun election in Rivers state on March 19, Saturday. Adisa Bolanta, the
assistant inspector general of police in zone six, Calabar, confirmed that four
deaths were recorded while 22 people were arrested during the poll. He revealed
this at a joint security press conference in Port Harcourt.
Bolanta said suspects were being quizzed on accusations of
criminal or electoral offences. According to him, deployments made by the
police helped in reducing election-related crimes. In the same vein, the
commander of 2 brigade of Nigerian army, Stephenson Olabanji, explained the
arrest of the secretary to the Rivers state government, Kenneth Kobani. He said
that a special assistant to the governor was also arrested. Olabanji added that
both men were arrested in Gokana and Khana local government area on Saturday
for supposedly committing electoral offences. His words: “Many people were
arrested yesterday for disrupting the electoral process and the law is not
meant for just the lower cadre alone. “No matter who you are, if you go against
the law, you will definitely face the music.
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