By: Mercy Folounsho

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 20 suspects for alleged electoral offences, including vote buying, during the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections.

The suspects were apprehended across various councils, with recoveries totaling over N17 million.A significant sum of N13.5 million was found in a vehicle near a polling unit in Kwali Local Government Area.

According to a statement posted on the official X handle of the commission on Sunday evening, statement said “One of the suspects was arrested with a sum of N13,500,000 (Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) in a car parked beside a polling booth in the Kwali Local Government Area,” the statement reads.

“Two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada; four in Kuje and the remaining four in Kwali.”The EFCC added that the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.