Barely 24 hours to the November 11 governorship election in Kogi, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has deployed its officers to the North-Central state to monitor the exercise.

This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, saying the move was to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes.

Oyewale said a monitoring team will also be sent to Bayelsa and Imo states.

The Commissions monitoring operations are to tackle any form of voters inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other manipulation of the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act, he said.

See the full statement below:

EFCC PRESS RELEASE

EFCC in Election Monitoring Operations

In its drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has deployed its officers to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States where governorship elections are holding on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

The Commissions monitoring operations are to tackle any form of voters inducement through vote buying, vote selling and other manipulation of the electoral processes at variance with the Electoral Act.

Dele Oyewale

Head, Media & Publicity

November 10, 2023.