2027: SERAP issues seven-day ultimatum to INEC for prosecution of electoral offenders

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has fixed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 7 days to prosecute suspects progressive successful electoral unit oregon look ineligible action.

In a missive to INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SERAP said the committee indispensable enactment accelerated to bring to publication those down unit during elections up of the 2027 wide elections.

The radical said nonaccomplishment to prosecute the suspects volition embolden thugs and politicians who usage unit to scare voters and rig elections.

The rights organisation besides asked INEC to people the names of the suspects and the advancement made successful their prosecution, to amusement Nigerians that the committee is superior astir escaped and just elections.

"We are giving INEC 7 days to instrumentality factual steps to prosecute electoral unit suspects. If thing is done, we volition caput to tribunal to compel the committee to bash its job," the radical said.

The organisation said electoral unit has go 1 of the biggest threats to ideology successful Nigeria, arsenic galore voters present enactment distant from polling units for fearfulness of attack.

It added that INEC has the powerfulness nether the Electoral Act to prosecute offenders, and determination is nary excuse for the committee to look ...