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Nigeria Police List Electoral Offences Voters Should Avoid. Be conscious or else by Nobody: 12:07pm On Mar 27, 2015
The warning is contained in a statement signed by
Emmanuel Ojukwu, the force public relations
officer, on Thursday.

Here is a summary of the statement:
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 a siren at a polling unit.
Snatching or destroying ballot boxes or card
readers.
Holding a public meeting during election hours
on election day.
Wearing or carrying badges or posters of a
political party and inflicting or threatening to
inflict injury on any person or persons at a
polling unit.

The Nigeria Police Force advises the public to
avoid trouble, as any offender will be arrested
and prosecuted.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian police authorities have
warned unauthorized security outfits to stay
away from election duty
across the country.
The security outfits banned are the Vigilance
Group Services, Man O War, Boys Scout, Boys
Brigade, Sheriff Guards, the Oodua People’s
Congress and any other uniformed outfits that
have not been permitted by the law for the
purpose.

http://www.naij.com/410152-nigeria-police-lists-electoral-offenses-voters-should-avoid.html
Re: Nigeria Police List Electoral Offences Voters Should Avoid. Be conscious or else by Nobody: 12:17pm On Mar 27, 2015
To be forewarned is to be forearmed!

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