The police in Ogun State have confirmed the arrest of two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over their involvement in alleged electoral offences.
Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command in a statement said the INEC officials – Mr. Toryem Joe-Stans and Ms. Mandara Aminat were arrested alongside others.
According to Odutola, the suspects were arrested in Iperu Remo, Ogun State, during the Saturday Federal Constituency by-election.
The police spokesperson said the officials were arrested at about 0045hrs by a police patrol team attached to the Division.
Odutola also noted that the patrol team had accosted a Mitsubishi Spacewagon vehicle marked Lagos AKD 887 HT with three occupants, the officials and the driver of the vehicle, in Iperu.
Speaking further, Odutola said the suspects confessed to collecting money at the Kehoy Hotel, Iperu, Ogun State, from a man they referred to as “Political Solution.”
Lanre Ogunlowo, the commissioner of police in the state has also ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran.