The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has announced the arrest of four officials of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Sokoto state over alleged diversion of
ad hoc staff allowance to the tune of N84.6 million.
Among those arrested are Hassan
Aliyu, administrative secretary; Hussain Jafar, head of operations; Abdullahi
Abubakar, state accountant; and Abdulmumin Usman.
The arrest followed a petition by
one Abdullahi Nasiru, who alleged that the ad hoc staff who worked for INEC
during the 2019 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Zamfara were not
paid their N6,000 movement allowance.
He alleged that what INEC paid to
them was different from what other states gave to their ad hoc workers.
In a statement on Tuesday, Wilson
Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said: “The INEC allegedly paid its staff in Zamfara
N9,000 while in other states like Sokoto, the commission paid N12, 000.
“Investigation by the EFCC
revealed that none of the 10,500 presiding officers who participated in the
elections were paid their entitlements put at N84, 696,000.”
The anti-graft agency said
efforts were being made to recover the money allegedly diverted by the three
INEC heads of department and electoral officers of the 14 local governments in
Zamfara.
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