The Nigeria Police has said that six persons were arrested on Saturday during the Edo governorship election, while stolen or illegally acquired BIVAS machines were also recovered.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police who was in charge of the election, Frank Mba, stated this on Monday in Benin at a press briefing with selected media outfits.
He stated that weapons and 58 voter cards that were in unlawful possession of a suspect were also recovered.
He said, “Yes, there were arrests made. Six arrests persons were arrested. We expect this number to shoot up in the course of investigations because we expect that there will be accomplices. I mean there will be people who aided, who abetted, who procured, who facilitated and who sponsored these suspects who were arrested.
“We also recovered a total number of four weapons of different mixes. This is also the subject of a very…