NDLEA operatives on election duty stop and search, have intercepted four party agents with hundreds of money credit cards, suspected to be for vote buying at Ibara housing estate, Ogun state.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on election duty stop and search, have intercepted four party agents with hundreds of money credit cards, suspected to be for vote buying at Ibara housing estate, Ogun state.
Each card contains 10k and activated to cash with a code. Though the NDLEA did not disclose the political party the agents were working for, its chairman, Brigadier-General (Retd) Mohammed Buba Marwa has directed they be handed over to the police after proper documentation
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This comes on the heels of Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, strongly condemning the destruction of ballot materials in four wards under Constituency 2 in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state by suspected party thugs in compromise with some armed security men.
All the voting materials meant for Ogbia wards 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the House of Assembly election in the state were reportedly carted away by the armed men and hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday.
The materials were also said to have been burnt, according to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Alabrah.
Governor Diri described the act as highly condemnable and warned those behind any form of electoral violence in the state to desist forthwith as the full weight of the law would be brought down on the culprits.
The Bayelsa governor called on the Commissioner of Police to arrest the perpetrators of the act and ensure that anyone found culpable is brought to book.
He said his administration abhors any form of criminality, especially electoral violence as it prevents the electorate from exercising their franchise.
Diri restated his position that elections should be about the ballot and not bullets as it is not a war situation.
