The Police Command in Kano state has confirmed the arrest of three persons suspected of disrupting elections at the Masaka polling unit, Kofar Mazugal/Gwammaja, Dala local government area of the state.

The  Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, confirmed the arrest while addressing newsmen during his on-the-spot assessment of Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.

He explained that security agencies later restored normalcy and the voting exercise continued in the area.

According to him, at the time we came, the Presiding Officer had fled the area but because of the swift response of the people, they prevented the saboteurs and arrested them.

“As I speak with you, we have three persons in our custody,” he said.

Usaini said that additional information from the Assistant Presiding Officer revealed that a voter came to vote at the polling unit that was not his polling unit.

He explained that some people at the polling unit insisted that the voter must be allowed to cast his vote at the unit but with the intent to foment trouble.

The CP said that unknown to those at the unit, there were some people planted there who later brought out knives and started attacking voters randomly while insisting that the voter must be allowed to vote.

”Fortunately, we have arrested them and restored normalcy back in the area and the voting process continued,” he said.