Police said it raided the alleged fake ballot paper printing press following intelligence report.
The Nigeria Police Force has raided a printing company, O’Naphtali Limited, in Lagos, alleging that it was printing fake ballot papers for the July 14 Ekiti governorship election.
Announcing the raid on Monday in Lagos, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgal Imohimi, said the company was owned by one Eniola Fayose.
He said the police acted on an intelligence report and executed a search warrant that led to the discovery of some fake ballot papers.
Two persons, the police boss said, had been arrested in connection with it.
He said some other materials had also been recovered in connection with the printing operation.
They include laptops, one booklet of form EC/ EK 8B Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC); three EKEC 50 A envelops for miscellaneous materials, two pieces of Ekiti SEC, eight A(1) statement of result, and one copy of form Ekiti SEC eight A(1) among others.
“On July 8, an intelligence report from a credible source was received by the command that ballot papers meant for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ekiti were being printed in a company, O’Naphtali Limited, located at 13B Oguntona Crescent, Gbagada, Lagos.
“The company is owned by one Eniola Fayose. The report further revealed that some of the printed ballot papers were moved to Ekiti in three Hilux vans, on Friday July 6, while the art works are still in their graphic computers.
“Based on the report, I led a contingent of policemen to the location to verify the information. At the scene, it was also discovered that the buildings are being used for general printing/art work,” the police commissioner said.
Imohimi added that preliminary investigations showed that the company allegedly had a contractual agreement with the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission “to print the elections materials found during the search.”
Investigations, according to him, were still going on.
