Three individuals impersonating workers of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
have been arrested by the Lagos State Police
Command.
In a statement on Wednesday by the Command’s
Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, the force acted
on a complaint from the Deputy Director of INEC,
Shomolu LGA, Mrs Akinwunmi S.O., on January 22,
2019, that some persons at Shop no.33, Aluta Plaza,
Federal College of Education, Akoka, were
impersonating INEC workers and recruiting ad-hoc
staff.
According to Oti, the state Commissioner of Police, CP
Edgal Imohimi, directed the Pedro Police Station DPO
to infiltrate the camp of the culprits with his undercover
operatives. The operatives did as directed, leading to
the arrest of the suspects, namely: Kaiyewu Folahan,
Akintunde Ibukun and Azeez Kazeem.
Exhibits recovered from them included a laptop, 511
INEC Lagos Ad-hoc Recruitment Forms, already filled
with passport photographs attached. Meanwhile, the
suspects were on Wednesday arraigned at the Chief
Magistrate’s Court 2, Yaba, for conspiracy,
impersonation, forgery, fraudulent act and unlawful
possession of INEC materials.
Source:
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inec-staff-arrested-remanded-in-lagos-prison.html