'Election is over, don’t create problems for us' - Kogi police cautions 'troublemakers'

The Kogi state commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, has on Wednesday, November 29, sent words of caution to troublemakers not create problems for the state since the election has ended peacefully.

The commissioner made the statement after some suspected party supporters staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Mr Onuoha said: “We thank God that the off-cycle governorship election in Kogi has come and gone peacefully, and we don’t expect anyone to cause any problems for us.

“As a security agency, we are imploring the politicians and INEC to follow the legal constitutional process since the issues are being handled by the Election Petition Tribunal.

“I was taken aback when some SDP protesters filed out with various placards, trying to barricade the INEC.

“I had to address them against that and urge them to go away and use the tribunal to address whatever grievances they had so as not to create problems for our peaceful state."

The suspected supporters of the SDP in Kogi stormed the state secretariat of INEC on Wednesday morning, protesting against alleged “INEC’s tampering with election materials.”

The police acted swiftly to prevent an attack on the INEC office, by dispersing the protesters with tear gas and barricading the road that led to the office.

BEB