Skip to main content

Vote buying alert : EFCC operatives arrest a contestant for Ogun State House of Assembly.

Economic and  Financial Crime Commission, EFCC operatives have  arrested Mr. Sotayo Olatayo Johnson, a contestant for Ogun State House of Assembly at allegedly caught with N1.709million neatly arranged in envelopes stashed in carrier bags.


He was arrested at Ijaye Park Polling Unit, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Sotayo is a surveyor, well known his area in Ogun State.

Surveyor Sotayo is reportedly contesting under the flagship of the Accord Party, AP. He was heavily guarded by the EFCC while he was caught with such an exhorbitant amount of money.

Information reaching us from an anonymous from his (Sotayo) said "In fact at my polling booth today, some people were writing names with his agent in anticipation that the guy will settle them after the count of votes."


Mr Sotayo is reportedly in the Police custody, with allegation of an attempted vote buying in which is vehemently against the will of free and fair election.

Vote buying is what has become a concurrent threat to the democracy in the nation and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has also kicked against the unlawful act. 


Members of the public have advised the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC operatives to make him feel  the weight of the law as this will serve as deterrent to other money-inducing politicians.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Most-watched soccer games on US TV for April 3-8, 2018

Saturday’s Manchester Derby set a record for Premier League viewership in the United States with a total of 1.659 million people tuning their television to the match broadcast on NBC and Telemundo combined. NBC delivered 1.35 million viewers, its highest viewership for a Premier League match since Liverpool took on Man City on New Year’s Eve 2016. Telemundo delivered an additional 309,000 viewers for its Spanish-language broadcast. This ranks as just the fifth largest audience for Telemundo this season with December 10’s Manchester Derby drawing 495,000 viewers to the network. The United States Women’s National Team 6-2 defeat of Mexico averaged 627,000 viewers on the FOX network Sunday afternoon, making it FOX’s most-viewed match of 2018 thus far. Viewership was down 13.87% however from their previous appearance on the FOX network back in March 2017 when they faced England before an audience 728,000. Zlatan’s second MLS appearance delivered FOX Sports 1 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Yakubu Dogara congratulates wife, Gimbiya, as she is a year older

Speaker of the house, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated his wife, Gimbiya, as she is a year older and the speaker has taken his time to shower some accolades on her. Dogara said"Happy birthday to Virtuous woman, the rock of my family and the love of my life. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself as you continue to flourish like a palm tree bearing fruits in season and out of season." The wife of Bukola Saraki, Toyin Saraki, also congratulated Dogara's wife on her twitter account. She (Toyin) said"Happy Birthday to my dear sister, Mrs. Gimbiya- blessed to know you, even more blessed by your friendship. May all your years be blessed. Happy Eld too! Amen!
Post a Comment
Read more

Job alert: Vacancy For A Senior Registrar At Careclick Technologies.

Careclick continues to pioneer and provide a whole range of Telehealth equipment and technologies that provide consultation and support our subscribers all through their entire patient experience including applications, devices, carts, kiosks and other specialized innovative medical devices.  We are recruiting to fill the position below:  Job Title : Senior Registrar  Location : Lagos preferred but not subject to location.  Job type : Contract  Job Descriptions   • A Digital Healthcare company is looking for Senior Registrars in any specialty in Medicine from an accredited health institution.  • Basically, the job will be to offer clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic advice and consultations through our Online Medical Platform for non-emergency health conditions in line with their specialty of residency.  Requirements   • Part 1 Fellowship is required.  • Must be highly skilled, must have compl...
Post a Comment
Read more