Osun election: Police couldn’t stop vote-buying – PSC

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has said that there were areas police officers could not stop vote-buying during the governorship election in Osun.

The PSC, however, rated the conduct of the officers on election duties as largely satisfactory.

The PSC said it monitored the police officers in 30 Local Government Areas of the state.

It said that outside few isolated incidents, the conduct of the officers was impressive.

“The few isolated incidents included cases where the police officers were overwhelmed and ballot boxes snatched, inducements and inability to stop discreet vote-buying,” the PSC said in a statement by its spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani.

The Commission, however, commended the mobilization and deployment of Police Officers and the maintenance of peace and order at the polling units.

It said, “The personnel were also polite, approachable and largely adhered to the guidelines for election duties.

The commission stated that, “There was an average of four police officers per polling unit, complemented by officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps; Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Prison Services, Federal Road Safety Corps and Department of State Security.”

It said it carried out the assignment in partnership with CLEEN Foundation and Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre.