Tribunal: Gombe Police Investigating Attempt to Manipulate Court Evidence
in Gombe The Gombe State Police Command has said it is investigating an alleged attempt by unknown persons to manipulate court evidence for the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in the state.
The Gombe Command’s spokesman, Fwaje Atajiri, who told reporters yesterday that there was no arrest made yet explained further that investigations were already on top gear after which appropriate actions would be taken.
According to him, the Police Command is working round the clock to unveil as well as apprehend some PDP imposters who allegedly attempted to engage students of the Government Science Secondary School Gombe to thumb print INEC ballot papers with the intention to create false evidence at the tribunal.
He explained that the suspects took the ballot papers to the students hostel while most of them were in the examination hall writing examination. The suspects were also accompanied by a cameraman to record the exercise.
The PRO explained further that the culprits met few students but who objected to the job and reported the matter to the Principal of the school, Mr. Ahmed Madugu. He stated further that on noticing that they could be apprehended and handed over to the Police, they quickly bolted out through the school fence.
He sad the Command had spread its dragnet and would leave no stone unturned in its efforts until the suspects who appeared hanging PDP agent’s tags were apprehended and brought to book.
Also speaking on the matter, Principal, Government Science Secondary School Gombe, Alh Ahmed Madugu narrated that, the incident took place in his school when he was attending a meeting with key officers of the State Ministry of Education, at the State Education and Resource Center.
According to him, some of his students reported to have sighted some hoodlums who must have crossed through the school fence into the student’s Hostel thumb printing ballot sheets. He explained that, some of the students also confessed to have been invited to assist in thumb printing the ballot sheets by the hoodlums but none of them complied.