Ekiti election: Don’t spare vote buyers, traders – Amupitan to security agents

Chairman of the Independent  National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan on Wednesday asked information agents not to spare anyone recovered to beryllium engaged successful ballot buying oregon ballot trading.

He said that specified persons should beryllium arrested and prosecuted successful accordance with the law.

Prof. Amupitan who spoke portion presenting registry of voters to governmental parties successful Ekiti authorities ahead of the June 20 governorship predetermination said ballot buying has been 1 of the large occupation facing the nation’s electoral process.

He disclosed that astir 1,059,360 eligible voters volition enactment successful the Ekiti Governorship elections and asked governmental parties to scrutinise the registry and marque their observations known wrong the model allowed by law.

He said “I besides privation to reiterate that 1 of the large challenges and constraints of our electoral process is the contented of ballot buying oregon ballot trading. 

“This is simply a transgression offence nether the electoral acts and it is the work of the instrumentality enforcement agencies, particularly the EF...