The police in Anambra State have arrested five suspected political thugs with guns in the state during the Saturday’s State House of Assembly election, according to online publication, The Cable.
It quoted the police as saying: “Five armed thugs (have been) arrested in Ihiala Anambra State where four pump actions (were) recovered. Further development shall be communicated.”
Briefing journalists on the development, Aderemi Adeoye, Commissioner of Police in charge of elections in Anambra, said the suspects were “brought into the secretariat” by a local government official.
“The second one is at Iyiala LGA, where a local government official brought in armed thugs to the secretariat. The thugs have been arrested. They are five in number,” he said.
“Five pump-action guns have been recovered and the thugs have been detained,” he said.
“We did warn from the outset that we will not tolerate thuggery and snatching of boxes, and we will come hard on anyone who violates the electoral act and guidelines issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of this election,” he added.
