The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has revealed that huge amounts of money have been traced to the bank accounts of some Independent National Electoral Commission officials in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta states.
The anti-corruption body said that the sum of N675.1m was received and shared by the officials during the last governorship elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the 2015 election in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, and other officials of INEC are already in EFCC custody. Khan was quizzed by the Department of State Services in July last year but was never charged.
Going by reports, Khan, who is now the REC in Cross River State, allegedly received N185.8m ahead of the March 28 and April 11, 2015 election. EFCC also arrested one Edem Okon Essanga, who is a retired INEC official. Essanga was arrested alongside his alleged accomplice, Immaculata Asuquo, who is the Head, Voter Education, INEC, Akwa Ibom State. Essanga was alleged to have received over N240m which he shared among INEC ad hoc workers during the last election.
The EFCC also arrested one Fidelia Omoile who was the INEC electoral officer in Isoko-South Local Government Area, Delta State. Apart from tracing over N112m to her, the commission also recovered some sensitive electoral materials during a search of her apartments in Edo and Delta states. Also arrested is one Oluchi Obi Brown who was the INEC administrative secretary in Delta State. She allegedly received over N111m and had about $75,000 in an account in the United States. The sum total of the money found in the bank accounts of the INEC officials is N675.1m.
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