The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the polling unit of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, earlier today. While there, the EFCC operatives refused to disclose their motive to reporters and other party chieftains around.
EFCC also stormed the polling unit of the vice-presidential candidate of APC, Senator Kashim Shetima for inspection.
In another development, the Vanguard reported that operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) appeared to have raided some areas in Kaduna on the eve of the presidential and national assembly elections in order to curb vote buying.
“So far, this morning, the police and the DSS in my state (Kaduna) have for the first time maintained a neutral and professional level. This is far from the culture of conniving with government officials of the ruling party,” Senator Shehu Sani said.
On February 24, the EFCC announced the seizure of $498,100 from Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives, along Ana Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The money was alleged to be for vote buying by politicians.
In Lagos State, EFCC also intercepted the movement of N32.4 million allegedly for vote buying.
In Bauchi State, a man was arrested with N2 million being transported from Bauchi to Gombe state, on behalf of an undisclosed politician.
“The Bauchi State Office of ICPC has taken into custody one Hassan Ahmad in possession of the sum of two-million-naira cash in both old and new currencies amidst the cash crunch being witnessed in the country.
“The funds, which were packed in a “Ghana Must Go” bag, comprise six bundles of one-thousand-naira new notes of N600,000; six bundles of five-hundred-naira new notes of N300,000, and old two-hundred-naira notes of N1.1 million. The suspect has confessed that the funds were being moved to Gombe State for a politician,” EFCC said on its official Twitter handle.
