Less than 24 hours to Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections holding across the country, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday intercepted a suspect in Lagos with the sum of N32,400,000 allegedly meant for vote buying.
The spokesman of the anti-corruption commission, Wilson Uwujaren, informed that the unnamed suspect was arrested by operatives from its Lagos zonal command and was taken into custody for questioning.
EFCC Intercepts N32.4m Allegedly Meant for Vote-buying in Lagos
The massive operation by the EFCC to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends… pic.twitter.com/btYopNaqYH
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The interception, according to him, was a result of the massive operation by the anti-graft agency to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of the general election.
“The massive operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum of N32, 400,000 (Thirty-two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos. The recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Commission.