Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Rivers Rerun: Police Panel Recovers N111m Bribe From INEC Officials |PoliFocus

The Nigeria Police Force said it recovered more than N 111 million from electoral officials alleged to have been bribed by Rivers state government to rig the December 10, 2016 legislative rerun elections in the state .



An investigative panel set up by the Inspector -General of Police which presented its report in Abuja today said the money was recovered from 23 suspects allegedly bribed to rig the polls.

The chairman of the panel , DCP Damian Okoro disclosed that ,” the sum total of N 111 .3 million was recovered from 23 electoral officials out of N360 m .
He said that some got N15 million each while three senior electoral officers got N20 million each. 

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