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EFCC Arrests PDP Campaign Director With Cash? Governor Reacts
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EFCC Arrests PDP Campaign Director With Cash? Governor Reacts

by  Bada Yusuf 1 min read

The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) governorship campaign council in Benue state, Cletus Tyokaa, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for having N100,000 cash with him.

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The PDP chieftain was to go to his village in Dauda in the Guma local government area of the state before he was intercepted by the anti-graft agency on suspicion of vote buying.

Reacting to the development, Governor Samuel Ortom of the state accused the anti-graft agency for passing its boundary.

Ortom said this after casting his vote at GSS Gbajumba in the council, stating that the alleged cash is too small for the PDP chieftain to buy votes.

He then called for the released of the Tyokaa to enable him to perform his civic responsiblity

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng

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