The ADC candidate also alleged that a presidential aide was behind the violence.
“At Igboukwu, party agents were seen distributing N5,000 to voters openly, without any response or deterrent from security personnel,” he said.
Governor Charles Soludo has decried incidents of vote-buying reported in some polling units in Nnewi South LGA.
She said the rising poverty in the land should not be an excuse for the electorates to sell their votes for N5000 or even N10,000 in the coming election.
According to Nigerian courts, you can undertake an election without candidates, administer an election without INEC, and produce winners without votes.
Mr Dogondaji said that the suspects were arrested while attempting to induce eligible voters with cash in some polling units.
“It is the politicians’ plan to leverage the people’s poor conditions to buy their votes during the election period,” said the former emir of Kano.
Mr Banire admonished voters against financial inducements during the electoral process advising that their “conscience is not worth buying.”
Mr Llewellyn-Jones expressed confidence that the forthcoming elections would be peaceful and fair.
“The only thing as Christians and youth leaders is that we just have to urge our people to go out and vote their conscience.”
