Police arrest Osun SSG over alleged vote-buying, recover N4.8m
Police in Osun State, Nigeria, have arrested the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye, and five others for alleged vote-buying. Authorities recovered over N4.8 million and electoral materials during the operation.
Why it matters
Allegations of electoral fraud involving high-ranking government officials threaten the integrity of democratic processes.
The Osun state police command says its operatives have arrested Teslim Igbalaye, secretary to the state government (SSG), and five others over alleged vote-buying.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Abiodun Ojelabi, police in Osun, said N4.8 million and other electoral materials were recovered from a residence linked to the SSG in Osogbo, the state capital.
“Acting on credible and actionable intelligence that some criminal gang were hibernating around Oroki Estate Area, Osogbo, operatives of the Command carried out a lawful operation within the environs while one suspect identified as Abiodun Arowomole, popularly known as “Ashipa,” who has been on the watch-list in connection with serious criminal offences including murder and others at a residential property linked to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Osun State,” the statement reads.
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