Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
in the early hours of today, February 25, 2023 intercepted a woman with 18voter cards in a sting operation at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State.
The woman, one Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a
member of the support group of one of the leading political parties, also had
in her possession, a 17-page list containing names of eligible voters, their
bank details and phone numbers as accredited under Badarwa/Malali Ward 01 and
08, Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
She was nabbed after undercover operatives
pretended they had voter cards and were desperate to sell them.
She is currently being grilled by operatives of
the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, with a view to unravelling other members
of her syndicate whom she claimed are also collecting voters’ cards and paying
monies through PoS or direct bank transfers
The EFCC also arrested a man for alleged vote
buying with N194,000 at Gidan Zakka polling unit, Goron Dutse area of Kano
Municipal Local Government.
A party agents buying votes through bank transfers to voters was also arrested in Abaji FCT.
