Police arrest 53-year-old woman with ‘550 electoral materials’ in Lagos

The Lagos state police command says it has arrested a 53-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials.

NANs reports that Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson, on Friday confirmed the arrest.

Hundeyin said the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about 4.00 p.m. at Candos Road, Baruwa in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.

He said the woman was arrested inside a business centre where she was making photocopies of the items.

The police spokesperson said she has been moved to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CID).

“She was arrested with 550 different INEC materials,” Hundeyin said.

“The laptop she used in printing the materials has been recovered and she couldn’t give a good account of how she came in possession of the materials.

“The case has been transferred to State CID Yaba for further investigation.”

On March 1, TheCable reported that the police force reacted to a viral video claiming that some of its officers had arrested a criminal syndicate engaging in electoral fraud in the federal capital territory (FCT).

The video showed some persons arrested with some items like the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

However, INEC confirmed that the occupants of the house were staff of Emperor Technology, outsourcing engineering services to the body.

The governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on Saturday in 28 states.