The Kwara State Resident ElectoralCommissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission, Garba Madami saidthat some thugs have been arrested ahead of Saturday elections in the state. He said this during a news conference on thecommission’s preparation for the Saturday elections. He added that raid on thethugs by the law enforcement agents was an action that would continue duringand after the elections. The REC said it was ensuring measures toprevent violence in the state. He also said the commission had trained securitymen on how to be civil and professional in their service during the elections. Madami said the state was made up of 193registration areas, wards, 1,872 polling units and 1,015 voting points totaling2,887. He pointed out that all sensitive and non-sensitive materials had beendispatched to all the local government areas offices.