Heavily armed police operatives storm INEC office in Lagos
With just two days to the presidential and federal parliamentary elections, a police detachment numbering about 30 has arrived at the INEC headquarters office in Lagos to beef up security around the facilities.
The operatives, fully armed, arrived INEC office on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. with their weapons and luggage, with INEC busy loading Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in trucks to various local government areas in Lagos.
The police officers, upon arrival, began chanting various songs to announce their arrival for election duty.
INEC in Lagos on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary poll from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The commission had also begun the distribution of the materials to the 20 local government areas of Lagos.
The presidential and federal parliamentary elections will be held on Saturday.
(NAN)
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