The Ogun State Police Command has warned that the long arm of the law will be made to catch up with would-be criminals bent on scuttling the electoral process.
It warned politicians and their supporters to play by the rules in the build-up to the eleventh March governorship and state house of assembly elections in the state.
The warning was given by Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, during a one-day interactive parley with members of political parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and other partners.
Mba assured residents and other critical stakeholders of utmost professionalism and impartiality.
The stakeholders noted that the successful conduct of the governorship and the house of assembly elections is important to Nigerians, making the interactive session highly instructive to ensure credible, free and fair elections
Representatives of the police, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Correctional Service, the Department of State Security (DSS), and the political class, among others, were in attendance.
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Niyi Ijalaye, reassured parties concerned that the lapses observed in the presidential and National Assembly elections were being looked into.
Some of the political parties present at the interactive session pledged their support to the tenets of the Electoral Act and promised to take the message back to their supporters.