TheNigerian Army has said its activities in the just-concluded Presidential andNational Assembly polls were within the ambit of the law and rules of engagement. Reactingto allegations of partisanship, coercion and shooting of voters in some areasacross the country during the elections, it said that soldiers deployed onelection duty were professional and proactive in their conduct. Accordingto Spokesman of the army, Colonel Sagir Musa, they acted within therequirements of the law, rules of engagement and code of conduct. Duringthe elections, there were widespread allegations of partisanship, brutality ofsoldiers on some electorate and Independent National Electoral Commission, INECofficials, and partisanship in the process. Electoralofficers in some states, including Rivers, Lagos and Delta, accused themilitary of interfering in the elections. The soldiers were fingered in shootings that resulted in deaths of many people, and other unwholesome acts allegedly recorded in some states during the polls.