….INTERCEPTS N11,040,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State, and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States.
They were arrested on Saturday, November 11, 2023, in intelligence-driven operations that commenced several days before the ongoing governorship elections in the three states.
According to the Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, “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 the suspected vote buyers and sellers in Bayelsa and One Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira (N1,730,000) was also intercepted from electoral fraud suspects across Imo State, were recovered from them.
He said two vehicles were also intercepted by the suspects. They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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