Osun Election: Police Arrest PDP Chieftain, 2 Others For Alleged Vote Buying

Nigeria Police has announced the arrest of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adeagbo Wasiu and two suspects for alleged vote buying in the governorship election that was conducted in Osun state today, Saturday.

The police gave the names of the other two suspects that were arrested as 61year old Muriat Olalekan and 65 year old Hamzat Muniru, adding that the sum of N604,000.00 was recovered from them.

The police said that when the house of the PDP Chieftain was searched, the sum of N116,000 was recovered from him.

“Investigations into the cases are ongoing and suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.”