The team of operatives of Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who were on duty monitoring the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday was attacked by political thugs near Chief’s palace in Bwari Area council of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja.
A press statement by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren said, the attack followed the arrest of a man for allegedly masterminding a well-orchestrated vote buying procedure at the polling unit situated at Science Primary School, Bwari.
He said, the team had arrested the suspect and retrieved from him a list of beneficiaries he had already paid some money to, through an online banking app.
Uwujaren noted that it was at the point of moving the suspect away from the polling unit that the thugs attacked, smashing the windshield of the Commission’s patrol van.
“They only retreated into their hideouts after the Commission’s operative responded by releasing warning shots, before members of the Joint Task Force team comprising the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police and others, Arrived the scene.
“The incident was immediately reported at the Bwari Police Station,” Uwujaren said.
EFCC Attacked in Imo State
Similarly, a team of EFCC operatives on election monitoring duty at Unit 001, Mann Primary School behind Chorobim junction in Imo state was shot at by unknown persons, suspected to be vote buyers.
Uwujaren said, the EFCC team responded, which made the unknown persons to flee the scene.
He added that the incident was formally reported to DCP Operations, Haruna Femi at the Imo State Police Command.
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