By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that it has mopped up 34 illegal firearms ahead of the governorship election in Osun State.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, while fielding questions from stakeholders at the town hall meeting held at the Osun State police command headquarters in Osogbo on Thursday.
He said investigation is ongoing into the sources of the weapons after which the illegal owners will be prosecuted in line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police.
“With regards to illicit weapons, about 34 recovered arms in Osun State ahead of the election. Investigation is ongoing about it, after which there will be prosecution”, he said.
CSP Iniedu further disclosed that illicit weapons were not allowed at the polling units.
“Even the four policemen that were deployed to each unit will not carry weapons. All kind of firearms or any weapon is prohibited at the polling units in line with the Electoral Acts.
“What we will do is that apart from the uniformed officers deployed at the unit, secret police officers and other security agents will be at the polling units to profile voters and the people present at polling units,” he said.
The Force PRO had earlier disclosed that apart from the 15,000 policemen deployed to the state, police helicopter and drone units have also arrived the state to conduct aerial surveillance before, during and immediately after the election.
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