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EFCC moves against vote buying, sends 200 armed operatives to Kano, Jigawa, Katsina

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says it deployed 200 of its personnel armed in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states to look out for vote buying during the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Kano Zonal Commander of the EFCC, Farouk Dogondaji, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Kano.
Dogondaji said that the deployment was part of the EFCC’s commitment towards ensuring transparent and credible 2023 elections in the zone.
He said, “We have deployed 50 personnel to monitor the conduct of the election in Kano State; 50 in Jigawa State and 50 in Katsina State to prevent vote buying throughout the electoral process.
“The remaining (50) officers were deployed in Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport in Katsina.”
According to Dogondaji, the commission has enough personnel on standby, adding that they are battle ready for any threat, even during and after the election.

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