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JUST IN: HoRs Member Arrested With $500, 000 To Bribe INEC, Security For Atiku In Rivers
A member of the House of Representatives and campaigner of Atiku Abubakar, Dr. Chinyere Igwe, has allegedly been arrested with $500,000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Igwe, who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, was nabbed on Friday during a stop and search operation along Aba Road.
Sources said he confused to have been given the money to bribe INEC and security operatives for Atiku in the state.
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Spokesperson of Rivers Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest, said: “A statement on it will be released soon”.
Igwe is a supporter of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar who has been at loggerheads with Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike.
Details later.
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