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100 EFCC officials to fight vote buying during supplementary polls

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it is deploying 100 operatives to polling booths to curb vote buying in Saturday’s supplementary polls in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states.

Farouk Dogondaji, EFCC zonal commander, said this in a report published by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday.

“We have deployed 20 personnel to monitor the conduct of the state Assembly elections in Kafur, Kankara in Katsina State,“ he said.

He explained that adequate personnel were also deployed to monitor the exercise in Tudun Wada/Doguwa, and Takai federal constituency, as well as some state assembly elections in Kano State.

Mr Dogondaji said other personnel were also deployed for House of Assembly elections in Katsina and Jigawa, to prevent vote buying.

“We have also deployed officers to Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and the metropolis to monitor the exercise.

”We will be visible in all the polling units in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa to carefully monitor the entire exercise during and after the elections.

“We will be physically present at collection centres to prevent tampering with results from the Local Government Areas to the state.

We are carefully monitoring the entire exercise along with state security agencies, towards providing a peaceful atmosphere for eligible voters to elect their leaders,“ he said.

He said the deployment was part of the commission’s commitment towards ensuring credible and transparent elections in the zone.

We are carefully monitoring the entire exercise along with state security agencies, towards providing a peaceful atmosphere for eligible voters to elect their leaders,“ he said.

He said the deployment was part of the commission’s commitment towards ensuring credible and transparent elections in the zone.

 

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