EFCC nabs 20 over alleged vote trading in FCT polls, recovers N13.5m

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, person arrested 20 suspects implicit alleged electoral offences during the February 21, 2026, Federal superior territory (FCT) Area Council elections, arsenic authorities moved to curb ballot trading and related violations during the exercise.

In a connection shared connected its authoritative X page, the committee said the suspects were apprehended crossed the FCT for offences including ballot buying, ballot selling and obstruction of electoral officers, involving a full sum of N17,218,700.

The bureau disclosed that “one of the suspects was arrested with a sum of N13,500,000 successful a car parked beside a polling booth successful kwali section authorities area.”

According to the EFCC, the arrests were made successful antithetic locations wrong the territory, with 2 suspects picked up successful Abaji, 9 successful Gwagwalada, 4 successful Kuje and 4 others successful Kwali.

It stated that the cognition formed portion of efforts to code electoral malpractice and guarantee compliance with the instrumentality during the section authorities polls.

The committee added that investigations are ongoing and that the suspects wo...