A man was arrested, on Thursday, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State after being found with about 5,000 voter cards and an electronic device.
Zakari Acha, believed to be a student, was arrested by some members of Agwara community and, then handed over to the police in the area.
The suspect was subsequently transferred with the exhibits to Kontagora Police Station.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Richard Oguche, who confirmed the development, said that the device found with the suspect was not a Direct Data Capture (DDC) machine, as earlier claimed, but a laptop belonging to the personal assistant of the member representing Agwara-Borgu Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.
According to Oguche, the police had been unable to operate the computer because its owner was yet to be contacted to provide the password.
Meanwhile, chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the state, Umar Shuaibu, accused a certain political party of being behind the development, saying the aim was to rig Tuesday’s gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.
He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the matter and unmask those behind the act.
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