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Two people have been arrested in Osun state over alleged attempts to influence voters with money. The sum of N604,000 was recovered from the suspects.
They were arrested at St. Mary Grammar School, Elewe-Iwo.
The police, in a tweet, said: “Two (2) suspected vote buyers have been arrested by a team of police personnel on election duty at Iwo LGA of OSUN State and the sum of N604,000 recovered from their possession. Investigation is being intensified.”
The suspects, who were identified as Muriat Olalekan, 61 and Hamzat Muniru, 65, reportedly said they received the money from Akin Abiodun, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ward chairman in Molete Ward 1.