By Nicholas Ojo
The Borno State Police Command said it has charged at least nine suspects who attacked the convoy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the State.
This was made known by the State Commissioner of Police, Abdul Umar, while speaking with Journalists on Thursday, adding that a total of 14 electoral violence offenders were arrested by the command.
Umar explained that out of the 14 suspects arrested, 12 are supporters of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) while the remaining two are for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Even though there was allegation that somebody died, till today we have not seen the corpse,” he said.
He said enough measures had been taken by the police to curtail thuggery in the state.
The Commissioner commended the state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum for giving expressed order that anybody caught disrupting campaigns, no matter how highly placed, should be taken to court.
“The command arrested 119 suspects that perpetrated various offences, including rape and drug abuse,” the CP added.