Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Kaduna State Government has disclosed that the N25.9 million intercepted by security operatives in connection with alleged vote buying belongs to the opposition.

Alhaji Ahmed Maiyaki, Commissioner for Information, made this known on Saturday in Zaria while briefing journalists during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing by-elections.

According to him, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had no plans to engage in vote trading.

"What we did was to seek for people's votes and support," he stated.

Security agencies in Kaduna had earlier apprehended a suspect reportedly involved in vote buying, recovering the sum of N25.9 million in cash.

When questioned about the arrest, Maiyaki maintained that the money wa...