Crime
EFCC Operatives Attacked, Injured By Alleged Vote Buyers in Kaduna
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on election monitoring duty in Kaduna State today, attacked School Road, Unguwan Rimi Kaduna, while attempting to arrest a suspected vote buyer.
The Head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, stated this in a press release made available to newsmen in Kaduna.
He said the team, working on intelligence on the alleged activities of one Kabiru Musa, who was seen in an amateur video allegedly inducing eligible voters by using his phone to transfer money into their accounts as they cast their votes, had mobilized to the scene to arrest the suspect.
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” However, immediately accosted by the operatives, Musa became unruly and screamed to attract the attention of his syndicate members, who descended on the operatives, using all manner of weapons that left some of them injured. It took great restraints for the operatives to ignore the unprovoked attack but insisted on arresting the suspect”.
EFCC Operatives Attacked, Injured By Alleged Vote Buyers in Kaduna
“As the team drove away with the suspect, their vehicle was pelted with stones and other dangerous objects that damaged the windshield, and three operatives suffered varying degrees of injuries”.
“The injured operatives are currently receiving medical attention at the Medical Centre of the Kaduna Zonal Command while the suspect is in custody, pending the conclusion of the investigation”.
It will be recalled that EFCC teams were similarly attacked during the presidential and national assembly elections, leaving some of its vehicles badly damaged.
Reacting to the incident, Executive Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, commended the operatives for exercising great restraint under extreme provocation. He, however, appealed to the public to desist from attacking officers of the Commission as such action would no longer be tolerated.
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