Vote Buying: EFCC Arrests 14 Suspects with N11m in Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi States

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States.

A press statement by the commission’s spokesperson Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja.

The suspects were arrested on Saturday, November 11, 2023, in intelligence-driven operations that commenced several days before the ongoing governorship elections in the three states.

Also, a total sum of Eleven Million, Forty Thousand Naira only (N11, 040, 000) comprising Nine Million, Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira (N9, 310, 00) was intercepted from suspected vote buyers and sellers in Bayelsa.

Meanwhile, One Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira (N1, 730, 000) intercepted from electoral fraud suspects across Imo State, were also recovered from them.

Oyewale said, two vehicles were intercepted from the suspects.

He added that the suspects will be charged in court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Dominica Nwabufo