{"id":362541,"date":"2025-08-16T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=362541"},"modified":"2025-08-16T09:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:16:02","slug":"police-dss-arrest-suspected-vote-buyer-with-n25-9m-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/16\/police-dss-arrest-suspected-vote-buyer-with-n25-9m-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Police, DSS arrest suspected vote buyer with N25.9m in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Security agencies arrested Shehu Aliyu-Patangi in Kaduna hotel with N25.9m allegedly meant for inducing voters during elections.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Police said recovered cash believed to be planned bribe funds for compromising the electoral process in Saturday\u2019s by-election.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives, working with the Department of State Services and other security agencies, have arrested a suspected vote buyer ahead of Saturday\u2019s by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of the command, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the arrest followed coordinated operations aimed at ensuring a peaceful election free from manipulation by criminal elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOperatives of the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with the Department of State Services (DSS) have successfully apprehended a suspected vote buyer in Kaduna,\u201d Hassan said.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson said the suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu-Patangi, was arrested around 3:30 am on Saturday at a hotel along Turunku Road in Kaduna metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>He added that officers recovered N25.9m in cash from the suspect during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hassan, preliminary findings suggested the money was set aside to influence voters and compromise the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the suspect had already confessed during interrogation and appealed for leniency.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner of police in Kaduna, Muhammad Rabiu, commended the synergy among sister agencies that led to the successful operation.<\/p>\n<p>Rabiu warned that anyone, no matter their position, found attempting to undermine the elections would be made to face the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Police Command reassures the residents of its commitment to providing maximum security before, during and after the elections,\u201d Hassan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt calls on the good people of Kaduna State to go out and exercise their franchise peacefully and lawfully without fear or intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security agencies arrested Shehu Aliyu-Patangi in Kaduna hotel with N25.9m allegedly meant for inducing voters during elections. 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