…incidents of intimidation and suspected vote-buying in some polling centres. "I suspect vote buying because the body language in some polling units that we've gone to suggests that voters are being intimidated," she added. Allegations of inducement also surfaced on social media, with some voters claiming they received…
…to manipulate results". Fabeke alleged that "INEC was accused of facilitating vote buying, allowing materials to be taken to private homes, and instructing polling unit officials not to upload results as required. We intend to take all necessary steps to expose this malfeasance. The truth behind this flawed electoral s…
Violence, vote buying and other irregularities tainted the Saturday's governorship election in Ekiti State conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. DAILY POST reports that electorates in about 2,445 polling units in the 16 local government areas of the state turned out on Saturday to elect thei…
The Movement for Credible Elections has called for urgent investigations into allegations of vote buying, pre-thumbprinted ballot papers and the suspected distribution of uncollected voter cards during Saturday's Ekiti governorship election.
…Ekiti governorship Election. The hub, however, expressed concern over incidents of vote-buying, voter intimidation and ballot-paper irregularities. The hub, comprising the Kukah Centre, TAF Africa, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), Yiaga Africa, International Press Centre (IPC) and the Centre for Media and Society (CEM…
…Nigerians are at the receiving end of vote-buying in Nigeria. He wrote: “At this rate, vote buying should be decriminalized in Nigeria. It does not make sense since it is those who are law abiding that gets punished for it! “They do not do the vote buying and they are schemed out while others buy votes and waltz their…
…process. The groups warned political actors against the weaponisation of poverty through vote buying, insisting that the electorate should be allowed to make their choices freely without coercion or financial inducements. The call was made in a preliminary election assessment released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti by repres…
…of Ekiti State. Watch video Ekiti Decides: EFCC operatives reportedly chased off as vote buying continue [VIDEO]
…the late arrival of electoral materials in some polling units, which left enthusiastic voters stranded for hours. "In a modern democracy, this administrative sluggishness is unacceptable," Obafemi lamented, pointing to the long queues of citizens waiting under the scorching sun before voting could commence. The electio…
…Congress, ADC, in the Ekiti State election, Dare Bejide, has alleged incidents of vote buying and assault of his driver at his polling unit during Saturday's governorship poll. Bejide, who cast his vote at Polling Unit 004, Ward 2, Oke Adura, Ilawe-Ekiti, accused members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of openly…
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Oluyede, who voted at Osaguru Hall, Unit 6, Ward 3, expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of the exercise, noting that only a few voters had been accredited and allowed to vote more than an hour after polling began. He also accused security operatives in the area of intimidating voters and alleged that some of them w…
Party agents were seen asking voters to display their marked ballot papers as proof of voting preference. Rather than distributing cash directly at the polling units, some agents issued numbers to voters after they cast their ballots.
"Electoral offences attract sanctions. Vote buying, vote selling, ballot box snatching, violence and intimidation, destruction of electoral materials and disorderly conduct at polling units."
…strategically stationed within and around the polling area to maintain order, prevent vote buying and forestall any form of violence capable of disrupting the electoral process. The local government election is being conducted across the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State under the supervision of the Ekiti State…