Police clarify Osun teargas incident, arrest officer
The Osun State Police Command has clarified that the year has released by an officer did not occur at a polling unit and was not an attempt to scare voters away during voting in the ongoing governorship election. The command aLao stated that the officer at the middle of the incident had been after the […] The post Police clarify Osun teargas incident, arrest officer appeared first on Latest…
The Osun State Police Command has clarified that an officer's use of tear gas did not occur at a polling unit during the ongoing governorship election. Instead, it took place at the Registration Area Centre (RAC) in Modakeke Ward 10, Ife East Local Government Area. The command revealed that the incident occurred due to negligence by an officer who was trying to ease himself.
Videos of the tense scene, where residents confronted police officers accusing them of using tear gas to disrupt the voting process, quickly went viral on social media. The police dismissed claims that the tear gas was intentionally released to scare voters away and criticized the officer's action, stating that it did not meet the standards expected of a police officer. The officer involved has been arrested while an investigation is ongoing.
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