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Published on 2025-08-16 08:14:47
Security operatives have arrested a suspected vote buyer with N25,963,000 cash in Kaduna metropolis, just hours before Saturday’s bye-elections is set to commence in parts of the state.
The suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu Patangi, was apprehended around 3:30 a.m. at a popular hotel along Turunku Road by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS).
Spokesman of the Kaduna Police Command, DSP Mansir Hassan, said preliminary investigations revealed the money was meant to induce voters and compromise the electoral process. He added that the suspect confessed during interrogation and pleaded for leniency.
Quoting the Commissioner of Police, CP Rabiu Muhammad,…
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