Wasiu Adeagbo, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been arrested by the police for allegedly buying of votes.
Adeagbo was arrested at Ward 8, Unit 9, Fiwasaye, in Osogbo Local Government Area, LGA on Saturday, September 22, 2018.
According to a statement on the Nigeria Force official Twitter handle, the suspect was apprehended with a sum of N116,000.
Arrest of one Mr Adeagbo Wasiu, a suspected PDP Chieftain at Ward 8 Unit 9 Fiwasaye Area of Osogbo. He was apprehended in the act of votes buying and the sum of One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand (116,000) was recovered from him. Investigation is ongoing pic.twitter.com/gtXj0Ycag7
— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) September 22, 2018
The statement read, “Arrest of one Mr Adeagbo Wasiu, a suspected PDP chieftain at Ward 8 Unit 9 Fiwasaye Area of Osogbo. He was apprehended in the act of vote buying and the sum of One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand (116,000) was recovered from him, Investigation is ongoing.”
