Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has raised concerns over the increasing sophistication of electoral corruption in Nigeria.
He warned that vote-buying networks are adopting covert methods to influence voters ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Olukoyede said the anti-graft agency was already tracking emerging trends in electoral corruption and would intensify efforts to curb vote buying, vote selling and other forms of financial inducement that threaten the credibility of elections.
The EFCC chairman spoke on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State, while delivering the inaugural lecture of the Guest Speakers’ Series organised by the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies at the University of Ilorin.
The lecture, themed “Mobilising Critical Stakeholders for Setting the Agenda for Peaceful and Credible 2027 Elections in Nigeria,” brought together representatives of electoral institutions, security agencies, civil society organisations, academia and the media to discuss measures for safeguarding Nigeria’s democratic process.
