{"id":5032,"date":"2019-02-21T16:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=5032"},"modified":"2019-02-21T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:10:11","slug":"opposition-party-flooding-nigeria-with-foreign-currencies-to-rig-election-buhari-cries-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/opposition-party-flooding-nigeria-with-foreign-currencies-to-rig-election-buhari-cries-out","title":{"rendered":"Opposition party flooding Nigeria with foreign currencies to rig election \u2013 Buhari cries out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed astonishment at the huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country intending to influence the general elections beginning on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari spoke during the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the President\u2019s speech obtained by DAILY POST, he accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate bid to capture political power.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/PDP-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/PDP-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/PDP-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/PDP.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nPresident Buhari, however, commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for successfully tracking the money in \u201cmillions of United States dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC success followed the presidential directive to investigative agencies to probe a number of high profile cases.<\/p>\n<p>Reassuring the nation of his administration\u2019s determination to wage a relentless war against money laundering and terrorists financing, the President again appealed to Nigerians, especially politicians to place the interest of the country above all others, as they troop out to cast their votes in the coming elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed astonishment at the huge amount of foreign currency flooding the country intending to influence the general elections beginning on Saturday. 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