“Electoral offences attract sanctions. Vote buying, vote selling, ballot box snatching, violence and intimidation, destruction of electoral materials and disorderly conduct at polling units.”
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has warned against vote-buying and other electoral offences in the ongoing Ekiti governorship election, vowing that offenders would be arrested and prosecuted.
In a post on its official handle shortly after voting began on Saturday, the police said: “Electoral offences attract sanctions. Vote buying, vote selling, ballot box snatching, violence and intimidation, destruction of electoral materials and disorderly conduct at polling units.”
It said: “Electoral offences undermine democracy and will not be tolerated.”
It also provided an election emergency line, 080062335577, for reporting incidents.
The police added that offenders would be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.
