- ICPC officers attacked in Sokoto, one officer suffers head injury
- Monitoring team rescues female voter accused of vote-buying from mob action
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested four vote buyers in Sokoto and Katsina States during the governorship and houses of assembly elections on Saturday.
In its election monitoring operations across the States of the Federation, officers of the anti-corruption agency encountered some vote buyers at Kauran Miyo Primary School in Bodingo Town of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The ICPC had deployed about 400 officers and operatives across the States of the Federation for the governorship and houses of assembly elections on Saturday.