By Nifemi Adefemi
(with Agency Reports)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reported that 51 suspects have been arrested for allegedly buying and inducing voters with money in the just concluded rerun election held in some parts of the country.
The agency disclosed that 20 of the suspects were arrested by operatives from the Ilorin Zonal Command while 13 suspects were nabbed by operatives on election monitoring duty at the Kaduna Zonal Command.
The teams monitoring the polls in the Port Harcourt Zone also arrested a total of 12 people for various offences bordering on inducing voters with money to vote their preferred candidates, while the Uyo Zonal Command made four arrests in Calabar.
Other suspects were arrested in Gombe, Sokoto, Kebbi and Niger states. Investigation so far revealed that the suspects used various methods, including giving cash, transferring money, coupons, and sending recharge cards to eligible voters to induce them to vote for their preferred candidates.
Many of the suspects had transferred money into the accounts of some voters on the lists recovered from them. Items recovered from the suspects include voters’ cards, monies, lists containing names and account details of voters, recharge cards, and POS machines.