Police arrest buyers of PVCs in Kano

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The Kano Police Command has arrested three persons for allegedly
buying permanent voter cards(PVCs), ahead of the supplementary
governorship elections on 23 March.

Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)

DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the state Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano on Wednesday.

Haruna said on March 12 at about 8 p.m, based on information
received, 39 year-old Sa’adatu Isma’il of Brigade Quarters, Kano, and
Halima Abba, 55, of Tal’udu Quarters, were arrested for purchasing PVCs
from voters at Gama Quarters Nasarawa Local Government area of the
state.

“The suspects bought the PVC each at the sum of N5,000 and above,
eight PVCs were recovered from them with the cash sum of 10,000,” Haruna
said.

He also said that on March 13, at about 10:00a.m one Mukhtar Shu’aibu
of Dandishe Quarters, Kano, was also arrested for buying PVCs within
the Quarters.

“He confessed to have purchased two PVCs at the sum of N3,000 each,” he said.

Haruna also said that on March 13 at about 10:00a.m two more suspects
were arrested all of Gama Quarters, Kano, for moving about with a view
to buy PVCs, adding that they were rescued from a mob that was about to
lynch them.

Kano will hold supplementary elections on 23 March to determine who
becomes the governor in the next four years, between incumbent Abdullahi
Ganduje of APC and the challenger, Abba Kabir Yusuf of the PDP.