Two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, including its chairman, Abayomi Tella, and two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have been arrested in Iperu for being in possession of huge sums of cash allegedly meant for vote buying in the Remo Federal Constituency election.
The suspects, who were said to have been arrested in the early hours of Saturday, are reported to have provided very useful information to the police regarding their respective roles in the grand plan to bribe election officials and rig the by-election.
But in a swift reaction, the PDP in Ogun claimed Tella was arrested in his hotel in a calculated attempt to weaken the opposition and pave the way for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the election in its favour.
In a similar development, the Police in Kano have arrested more than a hundred suspected thugs in Bagwai Local Government Area.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner,Amb. Zango A. Audu,who disclosed this while briefing journalists during the by – election in Bagwai said
” More than a hundred have been arrested. The police have confirmed to us. You too have seen it yourselves. The process is continuous and they will be prosecuted ” Audu said.
