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Nigeria anti-corruption police economic
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and financial crimes commission efcc
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says it has deployed its men and women
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across the 18 local government areas of
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Edo state to monitor the activities of
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this Saturday governorship election in
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the state to ensure that the electoral
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process is free from vote buying efcc in
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a statement made available on Friday
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said that vote buying is a financial
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crime and Ed members of the public
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especially ad those state president to
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desist from such act in this Saturday
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goba poll operatives of the economic and
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financial crimes commission efcc have
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been deployed to all local government
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areas in Ado state to tackle voters
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inducement in the Saturday September
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21st 2024 governorship elections
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commenting on this executive chairman of
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the economic and financial crimes
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commission Mr Ola stated that the efcc
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was committ to the attainment of
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electoral Integrity across the country
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by insulating voters from every form of
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financial inducement in exercising their
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franchise our operatives have been
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deployed to monitor the conduct of the
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elections we are committed to the
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attainment of electoral Integrity by
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ensuring that voters cast their votes
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democratically without any form of
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financial inducement vult buying is a
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financial crime and the efcc won't allow
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he said the commission has always been
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involved in monitoring every electoral
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process across the country in line with
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its Mandate of tackling all forms of
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Economic and financial crimes the
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statement reads it would be recorded
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that in the last governorship election
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in the state in 2020 efcc tasked Bankers
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in the state to report any suspicious
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transactions few days to the election in
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2020 efcc in a news report then stated
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that as the adust state governorship
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election draws near the economic and
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financial crimes commission efcc Benning
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zonal office has advised compliance
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officers of banks to report suspicious
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transactions to the commission Ben zon
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head of the efcc M Bell stated this
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during a meeting with compliance
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officers of various banks in Benin City
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Edo State bow who spoke to to the
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bankers on behalf of the acting
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executive chairman Omar ABA Muhammad
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charged the bankers to be allowed as
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politicians may want to use banks for
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illicit transactions before during and
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after the elections once the transaction
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is above the stipulated threshold you
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have a duty to report so be alert he
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said he noted that Bankers have a key
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role to play in the fight against
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corruption and economic and financial
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crimes but beong the fact that most of
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the fraud committed by fraud star are
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Bankers sometimes Bankers are comptable
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because that do not always carry out due
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diligence and comprehensive know your
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kyc kyc should be a continuous process
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he said he charged Bankers to adhere
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strictly with banking rules shown
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Temptation in the line of duty and
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Report any transaction that fails the
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simple rules of integrity and here to
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the rules of know your customer and
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acquaint yourself with the money
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laundering act so you don't fail in your
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