The Police command in Ondo State have arrested Two persons in connection with illegal registration of party members in their hideout in Ondo town.
SP. Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, disclosed that;
“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 statement added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abayomi Peter Oladipo, has admonished all political aspirants to caution their supporters whose acts can stir the hornet’s nest in the state.
The CP also ordered a total clamp down on incendiaries no matter whose ox is gored.
The CP noted that 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.
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