Police in Kano on Saturday
intercepted a vehicle loaded with thumb-printed ballot papers in Kano
metropolis.
The Police Public Relations
Officer, Haruna Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest of the vehicle in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday.
He said the vehicle was
intercepted at Magwan Polling Unit at Magwan Primary School in Nassarawa Local
Government area of the state.
According to him, the Divisional
Police Officer from the local government area reported the matter and he was
directed to move the vehicle to the police command.
He said the vehicle was under
police custody and investigation had commenced to ascertain the persons behind
the act so that they could be prosecuted.
“Yes, it is true a vehicle was
intercepted with ballot papers around 12 noon and it is now with the Police at
the state CID.
“The investigation will reveal
whether the ballot papers are genuine or not,” the spokesman said.
A witness told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) the vehicle, a Sienna with registration number TRN 54 GR, was
allegedly arrested along with five others occupants of the vehicle.
The witness alleged that 5,000 of
the intercepted ballot papers were for governorship election, while 2,500 were
for the state assembly election.
Another witness identified as
Shazal gave more details of what happened.
Speaking via telephone, Shazal said: “Two cars drove to the back of the polling unit with
ballot papers in their booths and two corps members entered the car. When
people noticed their movements, they asked who they were, and the people claimed
to be INEC officials.
“But the people did not believe
them, and other people’s attention was called. After seeing the ballot papers,
the police arrested the cars and towed them to the Kano state police
headquarter in Bumpai.”
The governorship polls in Kano
could determine the political careers of a former governor of the state, Rabiu
Kwankwaso, and the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Although there are 54
governorship candidates in Kano, the contest is really between Mr Ganduje of
the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Mr Kwankwaso’s anointed candidate, Abba
Yusuf, who is contesting on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The PDP lost the presidential and
all senatorial seats in Kano during the February 23 elections. So, the opposition
party must give all it has in today’s election.
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