#NigeriaDecides: ICPC Arrests Nine For Vote Buying, Unveils Their Identities

At least nine persons have been arrested for alleged involvement in vote buying in Saturday presidential, senate and house of representative elections.

The suspects were nabbed in different states by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Naija News reports.

A statement made available to newsmen by the Commission’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, revealed that the individuals were arrested in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom and Sokoto States on Saturday.

The statement noted that four of the vote buyers were arrested by the Osun State Office of the ICPC, two were arrested by the commission in Sokoto State and one person each was arrested by the Ondo, Akwa Ibom and Borno offices of the anti-graft agency.

The ICPC revealed the identity of the four-vote buyers arrested in Osun State as Adewale Teslim, 32 years; Yemi Adebiyi, 42 years; Shake Idris, 36 years; and Emiola Joseph Oluwole, 69 years.

The suspects, who are in Osun State Office custody, were found with documents containing lists of names, phone numbers and account details of voters during the election in the State.

Operatives of the Commission retrieved a list of names and phone numbers of voters from Adewale Teslim at Polling Unit 07, Ward 07, Ile Aganna in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State.

The officers also recovered a list of people who had voted with their phone numbers and account details from Yemi Adebiyi at Polling Unit 06, Ward 04 at Ikirun Junction, Ikirun while Shake Idris was arrested at Polling Unit 6, Ward 10, Ofatedo area of Osun State with a notebook containing over 100 names and account numbers.

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