Ekiti 2014: Nigerian military orders shoot at sight

The Nigerian military has ordered soldiers to shoot “whosoever is caught with any offensive weapons” in the buildup to the June 21 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. This is as the military announced that it arrested three persons with a truck laden with out-dated election materials on Thursday in the state.

The run-up to the election has been characterised by violent clashes with the major political parties pointing accusing fingers at one another. Matters got to a head last Sunday when mobile police officers shot at the governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, and his supporters during a rally in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.

Nigerian Soldiers Arrest Three With Truck Loads Of Ekiti Election Materials

Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested three men conveying a truck load of election materials meant for the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State. NAN reports that the men were arrested at Itawure Junction near Efon-Alaye, in Efon Local Government Area of the State.
Brigade Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Brig.-Gen. Aliyu Momoh made the disclosure on Thursday night at media briefing. He said his men, at a checkpoint in Itawure, stopped the men who could not provide satisfactory answers to questions posed to them by the soldiers.

The arrested men were Olufemi Ose, Segun Akanbi and Biodun Erinfolami. NAN reports that the men were said to be driving a Mercedes Benz truck marked Lagos APP 952 XL which has the inscription of Adewole F Odunayo Enterprises on its sides.

Materials found in the vehicle included ballot papers, rubber stamps, ink pads, reflective jackets bearing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).