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.
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