Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Fixes Judgment in Ilorin Vote Buying Case for January 22

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Tuesday November 19, 2019 set aside 22nd of January, 2020 for Judgment in a criminal case filed against a suspected vote buyer, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir. Abdulkadir was arrested on the 9th of March 2019 for allegedly sharing money to voters in order to compromise the outcome of governorship and state assembly elections in his polling unit . Count one of the charge reads "That you, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir and Oye Obalola (still at large) on or about the 9th day of March, 2019 in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of of the Kwara State High C…