... in illegal possession of ballot boxes during the state governorship election. Election monitors had reported to the police that they saw the boxes being taken into the residence of Mr.Babale, a former member of the House of Representatives, at Ganye.
A former House of Representatives member was said to have been arrested by the police after being caught with six ballot boxes at Ganye 2 ward in Ganye LGA. The erstwhile lawmaker was a sympathiser of the PDP candidate in the election.