IGP reverses Order for Voters to Leave Polling Units after Voting
The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has reversed his decision that voters should leave polling units immediately after casting their votes.
The IGP had earlier said that voters should leave polling units after carrying out their civic duty in order to avoid committing offences because policemen would be stationed there to guard their votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress, however, stood against the order, urging their supporters to stay back and monitor the count of their votes.
The Nigerian Police Force has now released a statement through its spokesperson, Emmanuel Ojukwu, saying that voters could stay behind as long as they maintained the peace, and obeyed the electoral guidelines.
“Anybody who commits any offence against the Electoral Act would be dealt with in line with the law. Voters are free to stay behind if they chose to”, he said.