EFCC election monitoring teams attacked in Abuja, Imo

Some political thugs have attacked operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission monitoring the ongoing presidential and national assembly elections near the Chief’s palace in Bwari Area council of the Federal Capital Territory.

A statement on the commission’s social media pages, the EFCC explained that the operatives were attacked following the arrest of a man for allegedly masterminding a well-orchestrated vote-buying procedure at the polling unit situated at Science Primary School, Bwari.

The statement said, “The team had arrested the 30-year-old suspect and retrieved from him a list of beneficiaries he had already paid some money to, through an online banking app.

“It was at the point of moving the suspect away from the polling unit that the thugs attacked, smashing the windshield of the Commission’s patrol van.”

The statement added that after the commission’s operative responded by releasing warning shots, the thugs retreated into their hideouts “before members of the Joint Task Force team comprising the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police and others, arrived at the scene.”

The anti-graft agency added that another team of EFCC’s operatives “on election monitoring duty at Unit 001, Mann Primary School behind Chorobim, junction in Imo State was shot at by unknown persons in two black Prado SUV’s and one white Hilux outside the polling unit, suspected to be buying votes. The EFCC team responded, forcing them to flee the scene.