THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed operatives to nab vote-buyers and sellers during the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.
A statement released on Friday, March 17, by EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren said the move was aimed at checking vote trading and other financial malpractices that could compromise the integrity of the elections.
The statement stressed that the operatives led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations on Friday, March 17, with a number of them consulting with the other security agencies involved in election security and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The team for Ebonyi State also met with the Commissioner of Police and the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State (REC) to register their presence.
The statement also stated that the officers posted to Niger and Nasarawa states had met with the necessary stakeholders to ensure a free and fair election.
The ICIR had reported that thugs and hoodlums attacked operatives of the EFCC who were monitoring the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Imo State.
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