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Police panel arrests 23 INEC officials over Rivers rerun
The police are holding 23 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials for their roles in the Rivers State rerun elections.
Besides, the Special Investigation Panel has asked INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to release the agency’s administrative secretaries in Anambra and Plateau states for interrogation.
The police informed INEC of the arrests in two letters to the chairman by the Chairman of the Special Joint Investigation Panel, DCP Damian Okoro.
The letters, which were exclusively obtained by The Nation, indicated that “further development will be communicated to INEC chairman.”
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