The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has found over N675.1m in the bank accounts of different Independent National Electoral Commission officials in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta states received and shared by the officials during the last governorship elections.

According to PUNCH, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the 2015 election in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, and other officials of INEC are already in EFCC custody.

It was learnt that Khan and four others were arrested on Thursday, by the zonal office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.     

The residences of all the suspects were subsequently searched and incriminating documents were said to have been recovered by the commission.

Impeccable sources at the EFCC told PUNCH that Khan, who is now the REC in Cross River State, allegedly received N185.8m ahead of the March 28 and April 11, 2015 election.




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