Sokoto State Police Command has explained that ballot papers that were discovered in a vehicle were meant for voter education purposes and not thumb-printed for voting as speculated in the public.
Police officers in Sokoto had on Sunday, February 17, intercepted a vehicle containing voting materials allegedly belonging to opposition party Peopleโs Democratic Party (PDP).
However, spokesman of the police command, Muhammad Sadiq, who spoke at a joint press conference with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sokoto, said the materials were specimen by the PDP to enlighten its voters.
โOn Sunday the 17th of February, a team of patrolmen led by OC Crack Squad ASP Ibrahim Abaras arrested and brought to the state CID one Shehu Maidamma with sample thumb-printed balloted paper belonging to the PDP, on interrogation it was found out that the ballot papers were only specimen and not real ballot papers,โ Sadiq said. Read more