The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 15 persons on suspicion of being in the process of rigging today’s election in favour of one of the main political parties.
The spokesperson for the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this, abstained from naming the party in question.
Isah stated that the suspects were apprehended on Friday night, with several laptops found in their possessions and applications that the police suspected are used for election rigging.
The spokesman said the applications belong to the party, adding that investigation is in motion.
According to him, He said, “We arrested fifteen suspects with unspecified numbers of laptops and apps belonging to a political party. We have commenced investigation and we don’t want to jump the gun.We have already invited experts to conduct investigation on the items as we don’t want to jump the gun. We shall make public the outcome of the investigation.”
