"SHUN VOTE BUYING AND SELLING".... Mailafiya, Kaduna EFCC Boss Warns
"Operatives of the Commission have been stationed to monitor such acts and, anybody found wanting will face the wrath of the law"..... Mailafia
With the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections barely 48 hours away, the acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has warned on the dangers of vote buying, selling and inducement during the forthcoming elections.
Magu made this known on Thursday as he called on the general public to shun all forms of vote buying and inducement during the elections on Saturday
The acting Chairman of the Anti Corruption agency gave this warning through the Kaduna Zonal Head, Mailafia Yakubu while on a courtesy call on the Nigeria Union of Journalist,NUJ office in Kaduna.
Mailafia, who recently assumed duties in Kaduna as Zonal Head, warned the public not to engage in selling or buying of votes.
He stated that, "vote buying portends a great danger to our future and the future of generation yet unborn".
The new helmsman disclosed that, one of the effect of vote buying includes "voting the wrong people into governance".
"Operatives of the Commission have been stationed to monitor such acts and, anybody found wanting will face the wrath of the law", he further stated.
The NUJ Chairman, Comrade Adamu Yusuf in his response, thanked the Zonal Head for the visit while promising to work closely with the EFCC in fighting corruption.
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