Voters had been warned to go back to their homes after casting their votes on election days. This is coming as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Thursday addressed accredited observers for the general elections in Abuja. In his statement, he said the possibility of committing electoral offence was very high if voters stayed back at the polling booths for votes to be counted. He said that each polling unit would have at least two or three policemen to protect the votes cast by the electorate. The IG said, ‘‘Two to three police officers will be attached to each polling unit, and we would provide more officers for the collation centres and for the managers of the election.
He further stressed, "asking voters to wait and protect their votes implies taking law into their own hands. it is unacceptable," he said.
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