The Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has confirmed that a suspected vote-buyer was arrested in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun during the ongoing governorship election.
He stated that the suspected was arrested with about N600,000 and had been handed over to the police.
Punch reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had repeatedly cautioned people against vote-buying.
Agbaje said, “At Iwo, we got a report that security agencies arrested someone with about N600,000 cash near their polling unit. It was earlier this morning. The person was arrested and he is already with the police.
“I would not know the party he belongs. We are not interested in any party, we are interested that somebody came there, that is why the police are investigating. The person is already with the police.
“We said it that people should not bring money near a polling station. Anybody that does that, would be arrested
Meanwhile, Reports about vote-buying and other forms of inducement in various polling stations across the state are overwhelming. At various times today, Scooper has reported cases of PDP and APC agents that have been captured for involvement in the menace.
Source: scooper
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