A team of operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who were on duty monitoring the presidential and national assembly elections was on Saturday, February 25, 2023, attacked by political thugs near the Chief's palace in Bwari Area council of the Federal Capital Territory.
The attack followed the arrest of a man for allegedly masterminding a well-orchestrated vote-buying procedure at the polling unit at Science Primary School, Bwari.
A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujare, said the team had arrested the suspect, said to be about 30 years old, and retrieved from him a list of beneficiaries he had already paid some money to through an online banking app.
At the point of moving the suspect away from the polling unit, the thugs attacked, smashing the windshield of the Commission's patrol van.
They only retreated into their hideouts after the Commission's operative responded by releasing warning shots, before members of the Joint Task Force team comprising the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police and others, Arrived at the scene.
The incident was immediately reported at the Bwari Police Station.
Similarly, a team of EFCC operatives on election monitoring duty at Unit 001, Mann Primary School behind Chorobim junction, was shot at by unknown persons, two black Prado SUVs and one white Hilux outside the polling unit, suspected to be buying votes. The EFCC team responded, forcing them to flee the scene. The incident was formally reported to DCP Operations, Haruna Femi, at the Imo State Police command.
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