Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday invaded booth 003 Umucaram Amaraku in Isiala Mbano council area of Imo over alleged vote-buying.<\/p>\n
The anti- graft agency, in company of combined security agencies, stormed the election value and interrogated Mr Obinna Onwubuariri, candidate of PDP in the rerun election.<\/p>\n
INEC had fixed Jan. 25 for the rerun of Okigwe North Federal constituency following nullification of the election by an appeal court.<\/p>\n
However, the EFCC told NAN that they stormed the election venue to investigate allegation of vote-buying against the PDP candidate.<\/p>\n
They also attempted to arrest a police orderly attached to Onwubuariri but for the intervention of some military officials.<\/p>\n
Obinna is serving as the member representing Okigwe North Federal constituency at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there was general voter apathy in the rerun election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday invaded booth 003 Umucaram Amaraku in Isiala Mbano council area of Imo over alleged vote-buying. The anti- graft agency, in company of combined security agencies, stormed the election value and interrogated Mr Obinna Onwubuariri, candidate of PDP in the rerun election. INEC had fixed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[68,65],"class_list":["post-20509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-efcc","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\n