CRIMES COMMISSION ARRESTS ELECTORAL OFFICIALS OVER N84.7 MILLION ALLEGED FRAUD

The anti-graft agency said they were arrested following a petition by Abdullahi Nasiru, who wrote on behalf of all presiding officers that worked for the electoral commission during the 2019 Presidential and Gubernatorial elections in Zamfara State

Penpushing further reports that, the petitioners alleged that the ad-hoc staff were denied payment of their N6, 000 movement allowance each for the two elections, and  the crimes commission said the suspects are to face  alleged case of conspiracy, breach of trust and criminal diversion of Ad Hoc staff allowance to the tune of N84.7 million.

The petitioner further alleged that what the Commission paid to them was different from what other states paid their Adhoc staff, adding that the commission allegedly paid its staff N9, 000 in Zamfara while in other States like Sokoto State, the commission paid N12, 000.

Penpushing also reports that, the anti-graft agency investigation revealed that none of the 10,500 presiding officers who participated in the elections were paid their entitlements commutatively put at N84, 696,000.

The statement by the crimes commission said efforts were being made by the Commission to recover the money criminally diverted by the affected staff adding that on completion of investigation the suspects will be charge to court