Police arrest 6 for defacing campaign posters at night

- The police says it arrested 6 people who were posting their own candidate's posters on those of other parties

- Police spokesperson Oti confirmed the arrests saying the suspects carried out the actions at night

- Their actions, he says, were contrary to the deal signed police and politic parties in Lagos

The police in Lagos state said they had arrested six persons allegedly involved in the destruction of campaign posters of an undisclosed political party and replacing them with another.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokesman of the Police Command in the state, CSP Chike Oti, confirmed the arrest in a statement.

Oti said the suspects were arrested on Sunday at about 2.30 a.m. by the Anti Crime Patrol Team of Ikeja Police Division.

According to Oti, the suspects who belong to ‘TAKE IT BACK Movement’ were found tearing posters of other political parties and replacing them with that of African Action Congress (AAC).

He said that their action was contrary to Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) laws that forbade advertisers from pasting posters at no other hour than during the day time.

NAN reports that on Wednesday, December 6 an agreement was reached by political parties in Lagos not to deface campaign posters of other political parties nor destroy their billboards.

The agreement was reached at a meeting held by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Imohimin Edgal, at the Police Officers Mess, GRA, Ikeja, where political stakeholders, including INEC and parties flag bearers were present.

Oti said that exhibits recovered from the suspects include a poster bearing the picture of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, (AAC) Sowore, brush, buckets containing gums and turn off posters of other political parties.

”The CP has directed that the suspects be charged to court on Monday for malicious damage and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace to serve as a deterrent to others,” he said.

Legit.ng had reported that Jimi Agbaje, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state, on Saturday, December 1, alleged that his campaign billboards were damaged in the night of Friday, November 30.

In reaction to the incident, the PDP's governorship candidate in the state said on his Twitter page: “Early this morning, our boards were vandalized and removed just as campaign commenced. Some of our deployment staff were also threatened with violence and warned to desist.

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“Fellow Lagosians, we must stand against this sort of tyranny. This is no ordinary election. This is a fight for freedom. A fight for Democracy. A fight for Lagos. We will not be silent and we will not be oppressed or suppressed into a corner. This time around, Democracy must win.”

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