A team of operatives
from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who were on duty
monitoring the presidential and national assembly elections was on Saturday,
February 25, 2023, attacked by political thugs near Chief’s palace in
Bwari Area council of the Federal Capital Territory.
The
attack followed the arrest of a man for allegedly masterminding a
well-orchestrated vote buying procedure at the polling unit situated at Science
Primary School, Bwari.
The
team had arrested the suspect, said to be about 30 years old, and retrieved
from him a list of beneficiaries he had already paid some money to, through an
online banking app.
It
was at the point of moving the suspect away from the polling unit that the
thugs attacked, smashing the windshield of the Commission’s patrol van.
They
only retreated into their hideouts after the Commission’s operative responded
by releasing warning shots, before members of the Joint Task Force team
comprising the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police and
others, Arrived the scene.
The
incident was immediately reported at the Bwari Police Station.
Similarly, a team of EFCC operatives on election monitoring duty at Unit 001, Mann Primary School behind Chorobim junction was shot at by unknown persons two black Prado SUV's and one white Hilux outside the polling unit, suspected to be buying votes. The EFCC team responded, forcing them to flee the scene. The incident was formally reported to DCP Operations, Haruna Femi at the Imo State Police Command.
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