By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP, Abdul Umar, has disclosed that the command has charged to court nine attackers of the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in Borno State.
The CP, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, said that a total of 14 electoral violence offenders were arrested by the command.
Of the 14 suspects, Umar said 12 are supporters of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, while the remaining two are PDP supporters.
He said, “Even though there was allegation that somebody died, but up till today, we have not seen the corpse.”
He said enough measures have been taken by the police to curtail thuggery and hooliganism in the state.
Commending the state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, for giving express order that anybody caught in campaign, no matter how highly placed, should be taken to court, the CP said that the command has 119 suspects that perpetrated various offences, ranging from political thuggery, rape and Indian hemp smoking.
