The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has deployed its operatives personnel across the states where the governorship and state assembly elections are being held on Saturday.
Senior officer-led teams began arriving at their assigned locations earlier on Friday, with a number of them consulting with other security agencies involved in election security as well as officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The Ebonyi State team arrived in Abakaliki and registered their presence with the Commissioner of Police before proceeding to the State INEC Headquarters for a brief meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC.
Officers from the Kaduna Zonal Command, led by ACEII Mustapha Abubakar, are on an election monitoring mission in Niger state and met with the Commissioner of Police, J.A Ogundele, to register their presence. They also paid a visit to Ahmed Yusha'u Garki, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Niger State.
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Officers from 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 and met with the Commissioner of Police for a briefing.
The teams' mission is to discourage vote trading and other financial malpractices that could jeopardize the integrity of the elections.
In a message to the teams before the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25, the Executive Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, charged them with acting with integrity and professionalism.
"You are on a national assignment, and I expect you to conduct yourself responsibly in accordance with our core values of professionalism, integrity, and courage," Bawa said. You have a responsibility to ensure that this election is free of financial sabotage, particularly voter bribery. "The world's attention is focused on Nigeria, and we must do everything possible to ensure credible, free, and fair elections," he said.
1. Officers from Abuja Zonal Command on election monitoring duty in Nasarawa State, led by ACE II Adeniyi Adebayo, meet with the Commissioner of Police at the Police Command Lafia.
2. Team Ondo State at the Nigeria Police Ondo State Command to register their presence with the Commissioner of Police.
3. An EFCC Plateau State monitoring team visits the INEC office in Jos and meets with the state REC.
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