The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its operatives to Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States to monitor Saturday’s governorship elections.
According to the EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, who disclosed this during an interview with the media on Friday in Abuja revealed that, the mobilization was necessary to check voter inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other electoral fraud.
Oyewale revealed that the monitoring team sent to the three states to monitor the elections will also tackle any attempt to manipulate the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act.
Hear him: “In its drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has deployed its officers to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States where governorship elections are held on Saturday, November 11, 2023.
“The Commission’s monitoring operations are to tackle any form of voter’s inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other manipulation of the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act.”
it was gathered that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct an election in the three states tomorrow, November 11, 2023.