Senate worried over deployment of 30,000 police officers for Ekiti election
12 July 2018 |
2:34 pm
Two principal officers of the Senate have criticised President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Police for mobilising 30,000 officers for the forthcoming Ekiti election.
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