Police Confirms Nabbed Ballot Papers Not Original

The Kano State Police Command on Thursday confirms that the 14 sacks of ballot papers it nabbed from some men are not original, but a specimen.

Even though, it has gone viral that 17 sacks of thumb-printed ballot papers with the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, box ticked were nabbed by the police in the state.

But, in contrary to the report, the command, through its spokesman, Haruna Abdullahi, said the ballot papers seized were not original but ‘specimen’ and were not thumb-printed as claimed by other reports.

Mr Abdullahi said that while questioning the suspects, the command discovered that the ballot papers were Jigawa State bound to be used for voters’ enlightenment.

Let me categorically state that the ballot papers are not thumb-printed and not real. They are just specimen to enlighten voters in Jigawa State

Mr Abdullahi added that the two suspects confessed that the ballot papers were being transported to Dutse, Jigawa State capital, with the aim of distributing it to the rural areas for election enlightenment.