Politics

EFCC Arrests 20 Electoral Fraud Suspects

EFCC says the suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.


23rd February 2026 07:36 AM

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 20 suspects for different electoral offences during the Saturday Federal Capital Territory, FCT, local government elections.

EFCC’S Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement made in Abuja.

According to him the suspects were arrested across the FCT, for offences ranging from obstruction of officers, vote buying, vote selling to the tune of N17, 218, 700.

EFCC revealed that one of the suspects was arrested with a sum of 13.5 million Naira in a car parked beside a polling booth in Kwali Local Government Area.

The statement further revealed that two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada;  four in Kuje and the remaining four in Kwali,” he said.

According to Oyewale, the suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.