Vote Buying: Atiku’s Supporter Allegedly Arrested With $.5 Million In Port Harcourt

<h4>Vote Buying<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria has gathered that operatives of the Rivers State Police Command in the early hours of Friday&comma;  arrested a member of the House of Representatives&comma; Hon&period; Chinyere Igwe&comma; allegedly in possession of &dollar;500&comma;000 US Dollars on the eve of the 2023 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Igwe&comma; who is a supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&comma; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar&comma; was arrested along Aba Road in Port Harcourt&comma; the State capital&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Information reveals that apart from the foreign currency allegedly in his possession&comma; the Police also found a list of how the money will be distributed to beneficiaries in the 23 local government areas of the State as well as security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;19768" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-19768" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-19768" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;IMG-20230224-WA0001-300x300&period;png" alt&equals;"Vote buying " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-19768" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>The alleged Honourable<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As of the time of filling this report&comma; clarification sought from the Rivers Police public relations office has not yielded result&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Calls to the available phone number of the Honourable did not go through&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;