Osun election: Police arrest officer over tear gas incident

The Osun State Police Command has arrested an serviceman aft teardrop state was accidentally discharged astatine the Registration Area Centre (RAC) successful Modakeke Ward 10, Ife East Local Government Area, during Saturday’s governorship election.

Videos of the incidental went viral connected societal media, showing a tense country arsenic residents confronted constabulary officers and accused them of utilizing teardrop state to disrupt voting.

However, the constabulary said the incidental did not hap astatine a polling portion and was not an effort to scare voters away.

In a connection shared connected X on Saturday, the bid said the teardrop state was released owed to the negligence of an serviceman who was trying to easiness himself.

“The Command wishes to clarify that the incidental did not instrumentality spot astatine immoderate polling unit. It occurred astatine the Registration Area Centre (RAC) and was the effect of negligence connected the portion of an serviceman who was attempting to easiness himself,” the connection said.

The constabulary condemned the officer’s enactment and confirmed that helium had been arrested portion an probe was underway.

“This behaviour is highly condemnable and falls acold beneath the modular expected of an serviceman of the Nigeria Police Force,” the bid said.

The constabulary dismissed claims that the teardrop state was deliberately released to frighten voters and disrupt the election.

It besides reminded the nationalist t...