Twenty persons have been arrested for vote buying during the just-concluded Federal Capital Territory local government elections.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission apprehended the suspects for the said electoral offences, with over N17m, which was allegedly intended for vote buying also seized from them.
A statement posted on the commission’s official X handle on Sunday announced this.
It said the suspects were arrested across the FCT, with two picked up at Abaji, nine at Gwagwalada, four at Kuje and another four at Kwali.
“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 read.
The anti-graft agency stated that the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
Orijoreporter recalls that the February 21 elections were held across the six FCT area councils, Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
Results from the polls, declared by INEC on Sunday, showed the All Progressives Congress securing victory in five of the six chairmanship positions, with the Peoples Democratic Party winning one.
