The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed the allegation of a Police Officer caught with thumb-printed electoral ballot papers.
The Command Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the officer was only assisting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Staff to salvage electoral materials after they were attacked by electorates at the polling unit.
According to the statement, Adeh, equally stated that the Corps Member who was attacked in the video was shielded and taken to safety by the Divisional Police Officer and his men from the Lugbe Divisional Headquarters, adding that he was not murdered as alleged in trending news.
The statement reads:
POLICE OFFICER NOT CAUGHT WITH THUMB-PRINTED BALLOT PAPERS IN FCT
The FCT Police Command wishes to set the records straight concerning misinformation and disinformation on social media alleging that a Police Officer was caught with thumb-printed ballot papers.
This is not the fact as the Officer was only assisting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Staff to salvage electoral materials after they were attacked by electorates at the polling unit.
The incident which occurred at Polling Unit 009, Lugbe, Local Education Authority (LEA) began when the officials of the INEC arrived at the Polling Unit with incomplete electoral materials which aggravated the electorates who resorted to attacking the officials and destroying the materials alleging an attempt at disenfranchisement.
The Officers, in an attempt to prevent the officials from being mobbed and the materials, destroyed, assisted in moving some of the items, to the annoyance of the electorates who poured their anger on the officers as well as the officials.
It is equally pertinent to state that the Corps Member who was attacked in the video was shielded and taken to safety by the Divisional Police Officer and his men from the Lugbe Divisional Headquarters. He was not murdered as alleged in trending news.
The FCT Command hereby warns all electorates to maintain decorum and desist from attacks on lawful authority while all grievances should be channeled through the proper process for resolution.”
FCT POLICE REFUTE ALLEGATIONS OF OFFICER CAUGHT WITH THUMB-PRINTED BALLOT PAPERS
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