A 53-year-old woman has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Command for allegedly laminating electoral materials in the state.
This was according to the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday.
According to the police spokesperson, men of the command apprehended the suspect on Thursday around 4pm at Candos Road, Baruwa in the Iyana-Ipaja area of the state.
He told newsmen, via the statement, she was arrested inside a business centre where she was making the photocopies.
He said, “She was arrested with 550 different INEC materials.
“The laptop she used in printing the materials had been recovered and she couldn’t give a good account of how she came in possession of the materials.
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“The case has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for further investigation.”
Meanwhile, a yet-to-be-identified man has been shot to death by security agents at Ogidi community, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
While some people in the community accused a vigilante of being responsible for shooting the victim to death, some other persons in the community alleged that an official of the Department of States Services pulled the trigger that killed the man.
The victim was at home preparing to visit his wife who just delivered a baby when a suspect, identified simply as China, who was being chased by security agents, ran into his house.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said law and order had been restored in the area.
“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operations led operatives to the Ogidi community following a protest by the community members who alleged that a member of the security operatives shot one of the indigenes in the community.
“Meanwhile, law and order have been restored in the area and the suspect has been arrested with the arm recovered. Further details shall be communicated,” Ikenga said.