Ogun bye-election: INEC staff, politician caught with huge cash

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Security officers in Ogun State have arrested some people suspected to be Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff with a huge amount of money ahead of the state bye-election.

They were picked up alongside a politician who was allegedly planning to buy votes.

The suspects were arrested at a hotel in Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area on Saturday.

In a viral video on Saturday, the INEC officials, a man and a woman, were seen squatting as they were questioned by security agents.

The officer interrogating them said intelligence showed that the INEC staff had earlier been contacted and given a large sum of money by party officials for vote buying during the by-election.

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