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Reno Omokri questions EFCC’s role during elections
Former president Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri has questioned the Economic and Commercial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s role in the presidential and National Assembly elections.
EFCC was active in the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted across the country on Saturday.
The commission was said to have engaged in election monitoring, which it has never been known for, in order to curtail the incidents of vote-buying, a practice that was very noticeable in some previous elections, especially during the Ekiti and Osun State governorship polls which held last year.
The states where the operatives of the EFCC monitored elections on Saturday include Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Lagos, Oyo, as well as in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
But responding to the development, Omokri questioned sincerity of the acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, who according to him openly wears President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection lapel pin.
Omokri therefore decried the situation EFCC officials are at collation centres nationwide, alleging that there was no way they are not there to support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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“Why are @officialEFCC agents at collation centres nationwide? @INECNigeria must not allow this to happen. Ibrahim Magu, the Chairman of EFCC openly wears a @MBuhari reelection lapel pin. There is no way his agents will not support @OfficialAPCNg and be against @OfficialPDPNig,” Omokri said.
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