Man gets arrested by EFCC for allegedly sharing money to buy votes

ayodele johnson 13:41 - 09 March 2019

At a polling unit in Kwara State, a man named Abdulkareem Abdulsalem, was reportedly apprehended by the agents of the Economic & Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) for attempting to buy votes. [Facebook/officialefcc]

<strong>In Ilorin, Kwara State, a middle-aged man has been arrested by the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for vote-buying.</strong>

According to the EFCC in a Facebook post on Saturday, March 9, 2019, the suspect Abdulkareem Abdulsalem, was nabbed while sharing money to voters at the Kwara State College of Education, believed to be a polling unit.

In a picture, Abdulsalem is shown with two bundles of N500 notes and a handcuff used to bind his wrists.

A day before the arrest, the EFCC reportedly apprehended the Accountant General of Kwara State, Sulaiman Ishola, for allegedly laundering N1.5 billion to buy votes for Saturday's gubernatorial elections.