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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over alleged plans by politicians to buy votes in kind and cash ahead of Saturday’s general elections.

He made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s election programme, The 2023 Verdict.

The EFCC chairman, who confirmed that all of its officers had been deployed to monitor the polls across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, urged citizens to report vote buying, selling, and other evidence of financial malpractices.

He said, “We have intelligence that a lot of politicians have bought some items that they will use to buy votes in kind and not in cash. But we are prepared for any situation and will not hesitate to arrest anyone caught in the act. We will watch out for all these things on election day.
Bawa further revealed that public officials, corrupt businessmen and some governors were allegedly hoarding old and new naira notes with the intent to buy votes during the presidential election scheduled to hold on Saturday.

According to him, the agency is aware of the tactics used by vote buyers and officials are prepared to handle any situation that may arise.

“I don’t want to say only governors are hoarding naira notes, there are public servants out there doing the same thing or some businessmen with questionable characters are still having these funds in their homes. So, I don’t want to say governors are these but I will say that public servants, either retired or serving and some businessmen with questionable characters are on our radar.

The biggest hurdle is if Nigerians don’t buy into what we are doing but I believe once we are united, we would be able to take inadequacies out of our system,” he stated.

https://punchng.com/politicians-stockpiling-old-notes-to-buy-votes-efcc-chair/

Thooonndeeer faya you and your fake news 🤣

E go clear them soon

Mostly in the South.





The accolades and media hype of the EFCC have left the political class uneasy in this whole eletion season. Nuhu Ribadu is still the glory champion that dealth with currupt individuals at a time, not the current arena for conspicuous media lies that feeds on it's own media hype

The agency should go after them and stop making jamboree statements for media hyping

South be wise oo, North are very technical.
North are not ready to religuish power

We already saw how they we running around like a headless chicken.

All of a sudden the masses now matters to them.

Too much noise because of this election, this is a transitioning period and decorum isn't expected.

No vote buying. Old notes are useless right now.

Only a compound fool will sell his votes with the old notes.

A new Nigeria is possible.

Peter Obi is coming

Gbola Thiefnubuu should be monitored closely. He is an old drug bastard criminal.

Ok. Since u knw dem, why not arrest dem b4 election?

They were all beaten to thier own games and they couldn't hide their outcry.

Vote Peter Obi and Datti Ahmed. A progressive Nigeria is feasible

Lol jokers dem follow people wey dey encourage Vote buyers Dem no dey prosecute dem, dem no dey tell dem to provide Wu give dem money after dem arrest dem nd na only Southern part dem dey arrest Vote buyer.....


This are things EFCC suppose dey du buh no dere oGA left derr job nd choose to suffer all of us..

Politicians are not to be trusted.
Fellow Nigerians this too shall .


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True talk

APC politicians obviously, I have never seen any party as evil as APC

Tinubu cannot win an election in Nigeria except he buys vote. He will fail woefully on Saturday.

Hmmmm...

Tinubu and his yeye Bello and co

All Obidients should be on alert with the efcc numbers released. Anyhow movement you see put call. Efcc will chop tire from arrests made.

lazynairalander1:
We already saw how they we running around like a headless chicken.

All of a sudden the masses now matters to them.

the divide and rule game is working for the North.

So said the 'convicted' Chairman

EFCC doesn't have enough man power to man all the polling units in Nigeria. Not even 10% of the polling units.

I don't think any politician will feel threatened by them when it comes to vote buying. They care more about police

Even a child of 10 years knows that, that is the reason thieving governors having been crying up and down for continuous use of the old notes.

Greedy electorates can go ahead and collect it so they can keep it in their family museum as artifact for their grandchildren

Chasing shadows always.
I thought you have changed the Naira note and made it illegal.
Very confused EFCC Chairman.
Jagaban has left them teytey.
Pakute ti won de fun aparo, Agilinti Lomu.
The trap they set for sparrow, it caught cat.
Jagaban has moved on teytey leaving them perplexed and confused.

i get new notes, make them come buy

Is this supposed to be some of breaking news or what?

I wonder how much of the old notes this idiot and his colleagues themselves have stockpiled.

Rogues in government.

We know that already. All of a sudden our Governors especially the APC governors started fighting for the masses, whereas they're fighting to protect their loots.

Buhari 6 -0 Politicians

shuttox:


https://punchng.com/politicians-stockpiling-old-notes-to-buy-votes-efcc-chair/

I don't believe this man
Because if the government of buhari want the best for Nigeria buhari should be campaigning for Po by now
But he is not and this one is telling Nigeria to his
Nigeria please vote wisely say no to vote buying in any form

Nye nye nye.

we are tired of this old story biko.

So, he thinks even now the politicians that don't have the new notes to buy vote too?

Abeg, this election should just come and go, let Emefile and Buhari release our money to us biko.

The common man in this country is the most affected in all this.

Rubbish. The citizens are in crisis. No cash and they are being advised to stock pile consumables for election.

You think this useless hoarding of cash by CBN will affect our fantastically corrupt politicians. They will devise another way.

Either way Obi Will never win.
Tinubu will die on that seat.
Atiku will Tinubu.

We need a neutral Nigerian as President not this set of recycled thieves

u beta use ur office 2 stop them www.cattylove.com