Nigeria, July 30 -- The Osun State Police Command has arrested the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Teslim Igbalaye, and five others over alleged vote-buying, escalating tensions ahead of the scheduled15 August governorship election.
The police spokesperson in the state, Abiodun Ojelabi, said in a statement on Wednesday that officers recovered a cash of N4.8 million and other "exhibits" during a raid on Mr Igbalaye's residence in the Oroki Estate area of Osogbo on Wednesday.
Other recovered items, according to Mr Ojelabi, a superintendent of police, are one Dynabook laptop, one photocopying machine, one printer, two voter cards and voter register covering Wards 1-15in Osogbo Local Government Area.
He added that taken by the polic...