The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its officials to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States to arrest vote-buyers during Saturday’s governorship elections.
The EFCC, in a statement on Friday said the move was to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes.
“In its drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has deployed its officers to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States where governorship elections are holding on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
“The Commission’s monitoring operations are to tackle any form of voter’s inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other manipulation of the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act,” the statement said.
Vote-buying is rampant in Nigeria’s political system with politicians inducing voters with money and other items to sway votes to their sides.