No fewer than 20 suspects were on Saturday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged electoral fraud during the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council Election.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the EFCC on Sunday.
According to the statement, the suspects were arrested across the FCT Area Councils over offences ranging from vote buying, vote selling, to obstruction of officers with a total of N17.2 million recovered from them.
One of the suspects was nabbed with a sum of N13.5 million found in his car parked beside a polling booth in Kwali local government area.
Nine other suspects were arrested in Gwagwalada, another four each at both Kuje and Kwali, and the last two in Abaji.
The commission vowed to arraign them to court upon conclusion of investigation.
The statement read; “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 suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.”
