The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the Nigeria Police Force have expressed concern about the menace of vote-buying during elections in Nigeria.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba and the Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Uakubu both agreed that a formidable strategy should be in place to checkmate the perpetrators, especially in the 2023 general election.

They were speaking at a stakeholders’ summit organised by INEC on the need to address the influence of financial inducement on next year’s polls.

Professor Yakubu urged Nigerians to reject inducements that are meant to make them sell their votes to desperate politicians in the 2023 general election.

The IGP, who was represented by an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Bala Ciroma said intelligence officers would be deployed during the election to apprehend politicians who buy votes.