Vote buying is a punishable criminal offence in Nigeria, and the law criminalises offering and receiving funds for that purpose, a legal expert said.
The duo will serve in the council as contact mobilisation for Mr Tinubu’s re-election campaign.
Mr Aliyu said the fake agency was discovered during ongoing investigations into the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council.
Three suspected fraudsters have been remanded in the Agodi Correctional Centre, Ibadan, over alleged N30 million visa fraud.
The magistrate adjourned the case until October 26 for mention.
BPP has called for stronger participation of civil society organisations in monitoring Nigeria’s public procurement system to ensure value for public expenditure.
The Benue assembly recommended suspending the chairman of Kwande council area, Vitalis Neji, for three months over allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of office.
“We must ask: How do the people in those forests feed? How do they get money?” Mr Onoja said.
Brookfield Group Holdings and its CEO, Olatunji Adebola, were arraigned on Thursday before Justice C. Ngozi of the FCT High Court, Maitama Division, on allegations of N990 million fraud.
Akinpelumi Olawale Oyewusi, 60, of Hyattsville, Maryland, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft in connection with the white-collar crime.
