By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has said it arrested 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the just- concluded Federal Capital Territory, FCT, local government elections.
A statement signed Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity, Sunday, said the suspects were arrested across the FCT.
According to the anti-agency, the suspects were arrested for offences ranging from vote buying, vote selling to obstruction of officers to the tune of N17, 218, 700. 00k( Seventeen Million, Two Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira only).
One of the suspects was arrested with a sum of N13,500,000( Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) in a car parked beside a polling booth in the Kwali local government area.
The statement further started that two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada, four in Kuje and the remaining four in Kwali.
The prosecution agency said that the suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
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