Tag: Vote Buying
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2019: Vote buying a threat to Nigeria’s democracy – Saraki, Dogara
President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Monday said vote buying is a threat to the nation’s democracy. Speaking at a public hearing in Abuja, they called for urgent action by stakeholders, especially security agencies to check the menace before the 2019 general election.…
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Vote buying becoming scandalous in Nigeria – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has berated politicians who indulge in inducing the electorate during campaigns, stating that such actions are criminalised in international quarters. Speaking on the occasion of his 61st birthday and the launch of his book, ‘My Transition Hours’, held in Abuja on Tuesday, Jonathan admitted that he didn’t know that such actions…
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How Osinbajo is activating Buhari’s vote buying machinery ahead of 2019 elections – SMBLF
…Condemns assassination attempts on Ekweremadu The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum(SMBLF) on Wednesday accused the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of subtly luring voters for President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC at large ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group said the vice president was already engaging in “advance(d) vote buying” ahead of the…
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2019: Bayagbon cautions youths against old ways
Eweka Palmer Bayagbon, President of Advancement for Youth Development (AYD), has cautioned youths to be weary of old ways of politicians, especially as the 2019 general elections rapidly draw near. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Bayagbon stated this in a chat on Sunday, urging youths to shun acts of vote-selling/vote-buying, and acts tantamount to disrupting the electoral…
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Vote-buying: INEC replies SERAP, gives conditions to prosecute, arrest suspects
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has powers to prosecute allegations of vote buying by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State but lacks the powers to arrest and investigate suspects. INEC said this in response to…
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Vote buying: INEC to re-design polling units ahead of 2019 elections
Mr Mustapha Lecky, the South South Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission would redesign the structures of all polling units to curb vote buying during the 2019 general election. Lecky disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at Auchi, in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, on…
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We won’t tolerate vote-buying in Osun governorship election – REC
The Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun will be free of vote-buying, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Osun has assured. Agbaje gave the assurance while addressing newsmen at the Osun Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Correspondent Chapel in Osogbo on Thursday. He said toward…
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Osun poll: INEC bans mobile phones at polling units, moves against vote buying
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued strict warning against the use of mobile phones in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Olusegun Agbaje said the commission in collaboration with security agents will do everything to prevent vote buying during the September 22 governorship election in…
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Vote buying: INEC seeks stakeholders’ support
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday urged stakeholders to give it the necessary support to curb vote-buying and other electoral offences. The Chairperson, Legal Services of the INEC, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, made the appeal in Lagos at two-day training for legal officers of the commission and police officers on the prosecution of electoral…