Police Arrests Kano Deputy Governor For Attempt To Disrupt Elections Collation

Kolawole Omoniyi, Kano

Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have arrested Kano State Deputy Governor, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna and the State Commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Sule Garo while allegedly attempting to disrupt collation of election results.

INEC had declared the results of 43 local governments out of the 44 in the state while awaiting the submission of the Nasarawa local government results which many alleged that efforts were on to tamper with it.

The deputy governor, the commissioner and chairman of Nasarawa localgovernment Lamin Sani were said to have allegedly attacked the collation centre at about 1.30am this morning with political thugs that unleashed terror on the people before the security agents over powered them and took them to Bompai Police headquarters.

The ongoing collation has been suspended until further notice without giving any reason. Though it may not be unconnected with the disruption of Nasarawa result