The operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested two members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for allegedly printing fake membership cards ahead of the April 20 governorship primary election in the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Odunlami-Omisanya said the suspects were arrested at their hideout in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.

She noted that the police received information that one Ariyo, a transporter in Ondo town, was registering APC members at his residence ahead of the party primaries.

She disclosed that operatives from Yaba Police Divisional Headquarters in Ondo led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) visited the house and recovered some items from the scene.

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The police spokesperson added: “Items received include APC party’s registration booklets, list of names of purported party members of Ward 7 Ondo, and 53 passport photographs of different individuals.

“A jotter containing names, two exercise books with names, phone numbers of people, and two slips of a registered form were also recovered.

“The two suspects have been arrested and are assisting the police with necessary information to apprehend others involved in this cynicism.”

Odunlami-Omisanya quoted the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Oladipo, as urging all political aspirants to “caution their supporters whose acts can stir the hornet’s nest in the state”.

Oladipo also ordered “total clamp down on incendiaries no matter whose ox is gored, as the Command has spread its tentacles to all nooks and crannies of Ondo State to ensure safety of lives and property and peaceful conduct of the party primaries in the state.”

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