The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, arrested 19 suspected vote buyers during the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Kwara State.
They suspects were paraded to journalists at the Commission’s Head Office of the Commission, at the Government Rehistration Area, Ilorin, the State capital.
The Acting Zonal Head, Ilorin zonal office, of EFCC, Mr. Micheal Nzekwe while parading the suspects said the mandate of the Commission was to ensure that money influence in politics is totally cut out and eradicated.
According to him, “the suspects were directly involved in vote buying. We got credible intelligence and we acted on those intelligence. Some were arrested in Omu-Aran, Ilorin South and Ilorin West, we they were all over the state,” Nzekwe said.
He however said investigations would commence in a:shirt time in line with the provisions of the law aaying; ”though they were picked in different locations across the state with money and Point on Sales (PoS) machines found in their possession, but we will do further investigation.
”We are an agency set up by law and we will strictly go with the provisions of the law after we have concluded investigation,” the EFCC Ilorin office said.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday arrested 19 suspected vote buyers during the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Kwara State.
They suspects were paraded to journalists at the Commission’s Head Office of the Commission, at the Government Rehistration Area, Ilorin, the State capital.
The Acting Zonal Head, Ilorin zonal office, of EFCC, Mr. Micheal Nzekwe while parading the suspects said the mandate of the Commission was to ensure that money influence in politics is totally cut out and eradicated.
According to him, “the suspects were directly involved in vote buying. We got credible intelligence and we acted on those intelligence. Some were arrested in Omu-Aran, Ilorin South and Ilorin West, we they were all over the State,” Nzekwe said.
He however said investigations would commence in a:shirt time in line with the provisions of the law aaying; ”though they were picked in different locations across the state with money and Point on Sales (PoS) machines found in their possession, but we will do further investigation.
”We are an agency set up by law and we will strictly go with the provisions of the law after we have concluded investigation,” the EFCC Ilorin office said.
