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Three people,
including a councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State, have been
arrested by the police for allegedly printing ballot papers to be used
for Tuesday’s state House of Assembly election.

The candidate,
identified only as Lateef, the computer operator at a business centre
and the proprietor of the centre were arrested at a building located
along Polytechnic road, Ede at about 9.45pm yesterday.

It was gathered
that the suspects, who have since been detained at the state Criminal
Investigations Department (SCID) of the state Police Command in Osogbo
were arrested by a team of detectives from the state CID while printing
the ballot papers at the business centre.

The suspects were
alleged to be scanning pictures and inserting INEC VIN number on the
forged voter cards when they were caught by the police who stormed the
area after a tip off.

Lateef, who is
the councillorship candidate of the PDP for Ward 09, Oloki-Akoda,
Ede-South Local Government Area of the state, was said to be behind the
operation. The forged INEC voters’ cards were for Ward 09, Oloki Akoda
in Ede-South Local Government council.

He was alleged to be acting the scripts of some eminent politicians in the town.

Lateef and some
men suspected to be members of his party reportedly came to the shop
with a Hilux Pick-Up vehicle at about 8.30 pm yesterday.

Spooked by opponent

The suspects were
unlucky when a councillorship aspirant of the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN) for Ward 02, Ede-North Local Government Area, Gbadebo
Babatunde Sodiq, visited the business centre where the voter cards were
being forged to make a phone call.

Mr Sodiq alerted security agents who made the arrect.

The suspects were
later taken to ‘A Division Police Station, Ede, from where they were
transferred to the state Criminal investigation Department (CID),
Osogbo for further investigation.

The spokesperson
for the police in the state, Oluwagbemileke Taiwo ,who confirmed the
arrest of the suspects said the matter is still being investigated.

“The command would not relent until those involved in the matter are brought to book to serve as deterrent for others,” he said.