Tag: Electoral Violence
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UK to take action against electoral offenders, plans sanction
The British High Commission has said the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, is prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during the just-concluded general elections. The commission said the UK was already collating names of perpetrators and would impose sanctions “including preventing people…
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INEC identifies reasons for electoral violence in Nigeria
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has identified several reasons for electoral violence in the country. INEC on Monday blamed electoral violence and voter apathy on population growth and inadequate number of polling units. “The current 119,973 poling units, which were created since 1996, have been the voting stations up until the 2019 general elections,’’…
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Bayelsa Govt. vows to tackle arms buildup, electoral violence
The Bayelsa government has vowed to deal with people stockpiling arms with intention of causing violence in the forthcoming general elections in the state. The government made the pledge at the State Executive Council meeting on Thursday in Yenagoa. The government said it would use the instrumentality of the law to punish anyone or group…
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INEC receives 120 case files of electoral violence from police
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says it has received 126 case files from the Nigerian Police Force for the prosecution of electoral violence from the conduct of the 2015 general elections till date. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he received the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Investigative Panel on…
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Focus on Rivers Rerun elections to stem planned electoral violence, Wike urges international community
Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the international community to take serious interest in the plot by the Police to start the indiscriminate arrests of PDP supporters few days to the December 10 rerun elections . The governor declared that through the state established intelligence channel , he was in possession…