Ahead of the November 11th off-season governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have been deployed to the states on election monitoring operations geared towards preventing vote buying.
Dele Oyewale, the commission’s head of media and publicity disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Oyewale stated, “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.”
