EFCC deployed its officers to different parts of the country so as to monitor cases of voting buying during the elections and so far, it has been a good foresight. Some vote buyers were arrested in some areas in Gombe State.
Read EFCC’s report about the arrests below.
” Musa Umar, 38 years, from Dukku Local Government, Tudun Wada Ward. He was arrested at a polling unit in Waziri North of Dukku Local Government bribing a police officer the sum of N3,000.
Musa Umar claimed that Babangida Bappah Chiroma, 31 years, from Dukku Local Government, Waziri North Ward, gave him the sum of N20,000 for vote buying in the ward.
Abdulkadir Yusuf Rasheed, 55 years, from Dukku Local Government, Waziri North Ward, was arrested around the same area in Dukku, he is the chairman of Dukku Local Government Area, Babangida claimed that the chairman gave him the sum of N100,000 for ward delivery to the PDP party agents.
Ibrahim Abdul, 49 years, from Akko Local Government, Bomala Ward, was arrested at bomala polling unit, Bomala Primary School. He is a PDP agent and was arrested with the sum of N17,000 intended for vote buying.”
See pictures of the culprits below.
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