The police in Oyo State have arrested a man, Ayo Ajiboye, with posters bearing Accord logo and Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s picture.
Also paraded were 22 other suspects at the state headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
Police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu, who paraded the suspects on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, said Ayo was arrested at Anfaani Junction, Ring Road, Ibadan at 8:20am on Friday.
“On April 10, at 8:20am, a man, Ayo Ajiboye, was arrested with some Accord posters bearing the picture of Governor Abiola Ajimobi superimposed on it to mislead the public.” he said
In an interview with The Nation, the suspect, who introduced himself as a printer, explained that he was only contracted to print the posters.
He refused to mention his clients and his political affiliation.
Similarly, the police also paraded four men- Abdulfatah, Tajudeen, Balogun and Aderibigbe- who were arrested in a Volkswagen Golf at a military check-point in Kishi, Orelope Local Government. Some electoral materials were found in the car.
Two of the suspects, Balogun and Aderibigbe, said they were students and refused to answer further questions.
The eldest, Abdulfatai, said they were taking the election materials to bean cake (akara) sellers.
A six-man gang that purportedly went around some of the polling stations and collation centres on election day was also arrested with a gun, 27 live cartridges and assorted charms. They are aged between 28 and 48 years.
Two men, Nureni and Hassan, who allegedly stormed a polling unit at Kinni-Kinni Primary School, Saki on election day and assaulted a security personnel were also paraded.
The two men with others now at large purportedly broke the ballot box, disrupted the election and caused temporary breakdown of law and order at the scene.
But the suspects denied the allegation.
Hassan said he saw the second suspect, Nureni, who is his younger brother on his way back from the Mosque bleeding. According to him, policemen met the two of them there and arrested them.
Two others Saheed and Oladipupo were arrested with a locally made cut-to-size gun within the vicinity of the polling unit at Sango area of Ibadan.