The police command in Kano has nabbed Aminu Ali Shana, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after it discovered no less than 367 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) with him.
It was gathered that the APC chieftain is the chairman of the ruling party in the Yautan Arewa ward in the Gabasawa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
Shana’s alleged offense contravenes Section 21 and 22 sub-sections 1(a), (b), and (c) of the Electoral Act (amended).
According to The Sun, Shana was nabbed on Friday, October 14, following an alarm raised by Sanusi Bature, the spokesman of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the state.
Bature had earlier claimed that some politicians were hoarding/buying PVCs from voters in areas where they doubt their chances of victory in the 2023 general elections.
The NNPP’s spokesman added that the party’s chairman, Umar Haruna Doguwa, had directed the legal department to alert the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police so that they can take up the issue and follow it through.
On their part, the police in Bompai headquarters informed the newspaper that they were they have their eyes on all sides of the case, although stating that the suspect is claiming that this is a set-up by rival parties in the area.
The police had dispatched the said PVCs to the INEC for confirmation.
It is expected all the persons whose faces appeared on the cards will be invited for questioning.
Speaking on the issue, the spokesman of the command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, revealed that Shana had been taken into custody and an investigation was ongoing.
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