The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 suspected vote buyers in Otueke and Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
The EFCC also intercepted N9,310,000 (Nine Million, Three Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira) from suspected vote buyers and sellers in Bayelsa and N1,730,000 (One Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) from electoral fraud suspects across Imo State, for a total of N11,040,000 (Eleven Million, Forty Thousand Naira).
Two vehicles were also intercepted from the suspects.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
