The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it
has deployed its personnel across the states where governorship and state
assembly elections will take place.
The elections are scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 18.
Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, in a statement on
Friday, said the deployment was to ensure that the elections were devoid of
financial malpractice, especially the inducement of voters.
Uwujaren said the teams, led by senior officers arrived at
their assigned locations earlier on Friday.
He said a number of them, on arrival, held consultations
with the other security agencies involved in election security and officials of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The team for Ebonyi State arrived in Abakaliki and met with
the commissioner of police at the state headquarters, to register their
presence,” Uwujaren said.
“They, thereafter, proceeded to the state INEC headquarters
for a brief meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).
“Officers of Kaduna
zonal command led by ACEII Mustapha Abubakar who are on an election monitoring
mission to Niger state also met the commissioner of police, J.A Ogundele, to
register their presence in the state.
“They also visited the Resident Electoral Commissioner of
Niger State, Ahmed Yusha’u Garki.
“Officers of the Abuja zonal command on election monitoring
duty in Nasarawa state, led by ACE II Adeniyi Adebayo, also registered their
presence at the Nigeria police command Lafia.”
The EFCC spokesperson said the brief of the teams was to
deter vote trading and other financial malpractice that could compromise the
integrity of the elections.
In the statement, Uwujaren said Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman
of EFCC, had, in a message to the teams before the presidential and national
assembly elections, charged them to exhibit a high sense of integrity and professionalism
in carrying out their duties.
“You are out on a national assignment and I expect you to
conduct yourselves responsibly in line with our core values of professionalism,
integrity, and courage,” Bawa had said.
“You have a responsibility to ensure that this election is
devoid of financial malpractices, especially the inducement of voters.
“The attention of the world is focused on Nigeria and we
must do what is necessary to ensure that we have credible, free, and fair
elections.”
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