FCT Polls: EFFC Nabs 20 For Electoral Fraud, Vote Buying, Recovers Over N17 Million 

By: Online Editor 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of no fewer than twenty suspects for various electoral fraud offences during the just-concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council elections. 

OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that the EFCC, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed that the suspects were arrested across the FCT, for offences ranging from vote buying, vote selling, to obstruction of officers and the sum of ₦17,218,700 (Seventeen Million, Two Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira only) was recovered from the suspects.

According to the anti-graft agency, one of the suspects was arrested in a car parked beside a polling booth in the Kwali local government area with the sum of ₦13.5 million.

The EFCC added that two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada; four in Kuje, and the remaining four in Kwali.

The EFCC confirmed that the suspects would be charged to court once investigations are concluded.

The statement by the Agency reads: “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, February 21, 2026, arrested 20 suspects for sundry electoral offences in the just- concluded Federal Capital Territory, FCT, local government elections.

“The suspects were arrested across the FCT, for offences ranging from vote buying, vote selling to obstruction of officers to the tune of N17, 218, 700. 00k (Seventeen Million, Two Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Naira only).

“One of the suspects was arrested with a sum of N13,500,000 (Thirteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) in a car parked beside a polling booth in the Kwali local government area.

“Two of the suspects were arrested in Abaji; nine in Gwagwalada; four in Kuje, and the remaining four in Kwali.

The statement concludes that, “The suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.”