The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Saturday has arrested three vote buyers in the ongoing bye-election.
In a released statement disclosed via ICPC’s X handle, it was stated that during the bye-election exercise held in Sokoto State, some officials of ICPC caught some undisclosed party members with age differences of 48, 37, and 37 in the polling unit of Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency, carrying the sum of N3,105,400 within the voting premises.
“Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have today arrested 3 persons suspected to be vote buyers in Sokoto State durant the bye-elections monitoring exercise,
“3 males aged 48, 37, and 38 were caught in a polling unit of Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency in Sokoto State with the sum of N3,105,400 within the voting premises,” the statement read.
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According to the statement, all the suspects had been taken into the custody of the Commission and investigations had commenced. It was also added that ICPC would work with INEC in the prosecution of the case.
