A voter buyer, who posed as a staff of leading broadcast television station in Nigeria and eight other criminal suspects were arrested during Edo State governorship election held on Saturday in the State.
The suspects were arrested by police operatives during a synchronized raids on identified black spots at approximately 1900hrs, the Nigeria Police Force spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said.
In a statement on Saturday evening, ACP Adejobi that the well-coordinated effort led to the arrest of two key suspects, who are members of the PDP, Emotingham Godspower (25) and Farawei Isaac (27), both from Ufunama community, Ovia South West LGA, Edo state.
The suspects, connected to a larger network involving one “Atiku” and a kingpin known as “the boss”, were apprehended at So Cash guest house in Ekpoma, where a substantial amount of cash and incriminating items were recovered.
ACP Adejobi alleged that a list of voters’ names with corresponding monetary values and a collection of pre-filled ballot papers along with a set of fake identification cards were recovered from them.
Accordingly, six suspects namely Suleiman Abdurahim, Fatima Yakubu,Yusuf Aminat 52 yrs,Salihu Lukman 54yrs, Safianu Saratu 32yrs were all arrested at Aibotse Secondary School, beside Meremu hotel, Auchi, Etsako West Local government Area of the State for engaging in vote buying.
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