Politicians are planning to buy votes by distributing items instead of cash — EFCC boss Bawa

The chairperson of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, says some politicians are planning to buy votes by distributing items instead of cash, aso Naija reports.

Speaking on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television, Bawa said the anti-graft agency is ready to arrest those caught buying votes during Saturday’s polls. The EFCC chair asked Nigerians to cooperate with the agency in addressing vote-buying.

“Of course, we have intel that a lot of people have bought some items that they want to use to buy votes in kind not in cash. All of these things are out there. We will watch out for [them],” he said. Politicians are also Nigerians.

They are professionals and some of them turned into politicians. We (EFCC) have our own ways of doing our things.” On the naira note scarcity, Bawa said some of the new naira notes were hoarded but will come out this Saturday after the election.

Abdulrasheed Bawa is a Nigerian detective and law enforcement agent who is currently serving as the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission since 24 February 2021.

He replaced Umar Mohammed Abba, the acting Chairman of the commission.