Lists Of Electoral Offences Voters Should Avoid - Nigeria Police

In a statement signed by Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force Public Relations Officer, on Thursday. The Nigerian Police Force have warned voters to beware of certain electoral offences on the election days. Below are a summary of the statement as reported by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN):

• Casting of votes twice or more
• Announcing false election results
• Stopping any other person from voting and revealing information on a ballot paper of another person
• Being in possession of another person’s voter’s card
• Disorderly behaviour at polling unit
• Canvassing for votes at polling unit and shouting slogans of a political party at polling units
• Being armed with guns, sticks, stones or any other dangerous weapons at polling units
• Loitering or walking about in a polling unit
• Using siren at a polling unit
• Snatching or destroying ballot boxes or card readers
• Holding public meeting during election hours on election day
• Wearing or carrying badge or poster of a political party and inflicting or threatening to inflict injury on any person or persons at a polling unit as the others
• The Nigeria Police Force advises the public to avoid trouble, as any offender will be arrested and prosecuted.

Source: The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) 
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