The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the just-concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) local government elections
The Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Dele Oyewale, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.
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Oyewale said the suspects were arrested across the FCT for offences ranging from vote buying and vote selling to obstruction of officers, involving a total sum of N17.2m.
One of the suspects, according to the statement, was arrested with a sum of N13.5m in a car parked beside a polling booth in Kwali Local Government Area.
He added, “Two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada; four in Kuje; and the remaining four in Kwali.”
Oyewale stated that the suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
