{"id":63373,"date":"2023-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=888afea164b84f1d3e7ca3d38f1c0cea"},"modified":"2023-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T00:00:00","slug":"efcc-deploys-personnel-to-prevent-vote-buying-in-kogi-bayelsa-imo-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/efcc-deploys-personnel-to-prevent-vote-buying-in-kogi-bayelsa-imo-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC deploys personnel to prevent vote buying in Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel to monitor the Saturday\u2019s governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States.<\/P>
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EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that the aim of the deployment was to prevent politicians and their agents from engaging in vote buying during the elections.<\/P>
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Oyewale said that the exercise was part of the commission\u2019s drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes.<\/P>
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\u201cThe monitoring operations are to tackle any form of voter\u2019s inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other manipulations of the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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Oyewale said that the exercise was introduced as part of the efforts by the commission to rid the nation\u2019s electoral system of corrupt practices.<\/P>
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He reiterated the commission\u2019s determination to ensure that corrupt practices were not part of the country\u2019s electoral process.<\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel to monitor the Saturday\u2019s governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States.EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said in a statement on Friday in Abuja that the aim of the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n