The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the police to prosecute persons arrested for various electoral offenses during the last general elections.
The government in a statement signed by the Special Adviser II to the Governor on Security Matters and retired Commissioner of Police, Akpoebi Agberebi, said a particular politician and his driver were arrested by the police on February 26.
He said the politician and his driver were nabbed for being in possession of multiple Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) and other electoral materials.
He wondered why the police had kept sealed lips on the arrest adding that the state police command has a responsibility not to overlook brazen act of criminality against the state.
Agberebi explained that operatives of the command on February 26 intercepted a Lexus Saloon car with a registration number Lagos BDG 809 EX conveying the PVCs and the electoral materials.
He said the operatives impounded the materials, arrested the vehicle, its owner and the driver for interrogation and further investigations.
He gave the identity of the suspects as one of the state constituencies in Yenagoa and his driver adding that the suspects volunteered written statements on the items in their possession.
He said: “The government position is that the police should not sweep this violation of the electoral law under the carpet. The police should promptly charge the two suspects to court as only such step would prevent desperate politicians from further violating the laws of the land.”
