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Governorship and house of assembly elections will hold in Lagos on Saturday, March 18, 2023.
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The elections have generated tensions in the state as non-state actors threaten violence against voters without consequences.
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The police in Lagos have made an arrest linked to the elections.
Eko Hot Blog reports the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old woman (name withheld) who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials.
A viral video had shown the woman printing materials meant for electoral officers.
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Reacting to the situation on Friday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the women has been arrested.
Hundeyin stated that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about 4.00 pm at Candos Road, Baruwa in Iyana-Ipaja area of the state.
He said the suspect was arrested inside a business centre where she was making the photocopies.
“She was arrested with 550 different INEC materials,” the police spokesperson said.
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“The laptop she used in printing the materials has been recovered and she couldn’t give a good account of how she came in possession of the materials.”
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