Public Servants Are Also Hoarding Naira Notes, Not Just Politicians – EFCC

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa has come out to raise the alarm over alleged plans by politicians to buy votes in kind and cash ahead of Saturday’s general elections.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he has intelligence that a lot of politicians have bought some items that they will use to buy votes in kind and not in cash, but EFCC is very well prepared for any situation and will not hesitate to arrest anyone caught in the act.

Bawa added that public servants are also hoarding naira notes, not just state governors or politicians.

His words, “We have intelligence that a lot of politicians have bought some items that they will use to buy votes in kind and not in cash. But we are prepared for any situation and will not hesitate to arrest anyone caught in the act. We will watch out for all these things on election day.”

“I don’t want to say only governors are hoarding naira notes, there are public servants out there doing the same thing or some businessmen with questionable characters are still having these funds in their homes. So, I don’t want to say governors are these but I will say that public servants, either retired or serving and some businessmen with questionable characters are on our radar.”

“The biggest hurdle is if Nigerians don’t buy into what we are doing but I believe once we are united, we would be able to take inadequacies out of our system.”