Ondo APC Primary: Police Arrest Two Over Illegal Registration of Party Members

The police in Ondo state said it has arrested two people for carrying out illegal registration of All Progressives Congress (APC) members at a private residence in the state, ahead of Saturday’s party governorship primary election.

According to Funmilayo Odunlami- Omisanya, the police public relations officer in a statement released to journalists, the two suspects were arrested in Ondo town on wednesday.

Below is the full text of the statement Unedited:

PRESS RELEASE

*POLICE ARREST TWO IN CONNECTION WITH ILLEGAL REGISTRATION OF PARTY MEMBERS IN THEIR HIDEOUT*

On Wednesday, 17th April, 2024, the Police received an intel that one Mr Ariyo, a transporter in Ondo town was registering APC Party members at his residence ahead of the party primaries slated for 20th of April, 2024

Police personnel from Yaba Divisional Headquarters led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police visited the house and recovered the following items from the scene :
a) APC party’s registration Booklets
b) List of names of purported party members of ward 7 Ondo.
c) 53 passport photographs of different individuals.
d) A jotter containing with names.
e) 2 exercise books with names and phone numbers of people.
f) 2 slips of a registered form.

Two suspects have been arrested and are assisting the Police with necessary information to apprehend others involved in this cynicism.

The Commissioner of police, CP Abayomi P. Oladipo, admonishes all political aspirants to caution their supporters whose acts can stir the hornet’s nest in the state.

The CP also ordered total clamp down on incendiaries no matter whose ox is gored, as the Command has spread its tentacles to all nooks and crannies of the State to ensure safety of lives and property and peaceful conduct of the party primaries in the State.

E-signed

*SP. Funmilayo Odunlami- Omisanya, mnipr* ,
Police Public Relations Officer,
For:- Commissioner of Police,
Ondo State Command,
Akure.