Nigeria: Police Arrest Six for Allegedly Destroying Campaign Posters

10 December 2018

Operatives of the Lagos State police command yesterday arrested six persons allegedly caught pulling down campaign posters of others political parties' candidates and replacing them with that of the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore.

The suspects are now being detained at the Ikeja police station. According to Lagos police spokesman, Chike Oti, "the Anti-crime patrol team of the state command, Ikeja Division, at about 2:30a.m. yesterday arrested six young men, namely Olagokun Odunayo, Kool-kloud Henry, Ugaju Joseph, Damilola Omidiji, Michael Kate and Banwo Olagokun, of 'Take It Back' movement, tearing posters of other political parties and replacing them with that of the African Action Congress (AAC) contrary to the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) laws that forbade advertisers from pasting posters at no other hour than day time.

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