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Vote Buyer Nabbed With N13.5m in EFCC Custody

Vote Buyer Nabbed With N13.5m in EFCC Custody

A vote buyer caught with  N13.5 million was apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, during the Area Council poll in the Federal Capital Tertiary, FCT, last Saturday.

The EFCC nabbed 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the FCT local council elections.

The suspects were arrested across the FCT, for offences ranging from vote buying, vote selling to obstruction of officers to the tune of N17, 218, 700. 00.

One of the suspects was arrested with a sum of N13,500,000 in a car parked beside a polling booth in the Kwali local government area.

Two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada; four in Kuje and four in Kwali.

The suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations, the |Police said.

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