Tag: Vote Buying
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Why politicians, political parties resort to vote-buying during elections – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said cases of vote-buying was increasing in elections in the country because its administrative process could not be subverted. The Chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at the Public Presentation of 2018 Ekiti Governorship Election Observation Report by Election Monitors, a Civil Society Organisations…
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Ekiti poll: Police arraign ten suspects for vote buying
The police on Friday arraigned tens person’s before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for their alleged involvement in vote-buying during last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. Police prosecutor Femi Fałade tołd the court that they allegedly offered money to voters to induce them to vote for their parties at the poll. Falade said the…
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Ekiti poll: We’ll probe allegations of vote buying – INEC
…as SERAP, TI, TMG, others condemn act The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will probe wide allegations of vote buying by some political parties in the just concluded Ekiti State governorship election. The National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Prince Solomon Soyebi, revealed this to one of our correspondents…