The Katsina state police command says it has arrested 15 people in connection with a suspected plot to tamper with election results as the general elections begin.
This was revealed by the state police command spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed that the arrest was made late Friday night, February 24.
The suspects were arrested, according to Isah, for possessing laptops and applications allegedly belonging to a popular politician in the state.
The suspects are being held at the command’s criminal investigation department (CID) for an extensive investigation, according to the Punch newspaper.
Isah 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.”
However, residents of Katsina have been advised to keep the peace and maintain normalcy while the election process is ongoing.
The police spokesperson disclosed that officers had been deployed to strategic and violent-prone areas to impede any imminent attack or anomaly.
He revealed that there are directives to restrict the movement of persons and vehicles across the state.