Vote Buying: Buhari Raises Alarm Over Huge Dollars In Circulation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari has expressed astonishment at the huge amount of foreigncurrency flooding the country intended to influence the outcome of the generalelections beginning on Saturday.
ThePresident’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in astatement in Abuja on Thursday, said Buhari raised the alarm during the FederalExecutive Council FEC meeting.
Thepresident accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations intheir desperate bid to capture political power.
He,however, commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC for successfullytracking the money in millions of United States dollars.
Accordingto him, the EFCC success followed the presidential directive to investigativeagencies to probe a number of high profile cases.
Whilereassuring the nation of his administration’s determination to wage relentlesswar against money laundering and terrorist financing, Buhari reiterated hisappeal to Nigerians, especially politicians, to place the interest of the countryabove all others, as they troop out to cast their votes in the coming elections.