File: Nigeria Police Force
Police in Bauchi have arrested five persons in connection with electoral offences committed during Saturday’s Bauchi South Senatorial bye-election.
Spokesman for the police in the northwest state Kamal Datti said two of the suspects were nabbed in the state capital, Bauchi, whole the others were apprehended in other parts of the state.
“From the report we are getting from our men so far, the election process is going fine, peaceful and hitch free,” he told .
“However, we have made some arrests; we have arrested five people in connection with electoral ofences.
“The suspect are with us and we are investigating; two of them were arrested in a polling unit behind police headquarters and three others were arrested in different parts of the state.”