Electoral corruption in Nigeria
The story of the Ekiti elections continues.200 Staff Involved In Electoral Bribery Scandal, Not 31, Say Suspects
A new twist was at the weekend introduced into the N250 million bribery scandal rocking rank of staff of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who participated in the re-run governorship election in Ekiti State.
The 31 officials of the commission who are currently facing police interrogation over the scandal, have protested that 200 officials and not 31, were actually involved in the scandal...
Reports on the re-run election in Ido-Osi local government of Ekiti State indicated that bribes were offered to presiding and polling officers who served in the area by one of the political parties that contested the Saturday April 25 re-run governorship election...
In one of the confession statements by Onaji, he alleged that the Head of Operations in INEC, Okey Ndeche, collected some money on behalf of his colleagues and refused to share it...
Yar'Adua Wants Police to Arrest Poll Riggers
The police are to play greater security roles in future elections in the country if a proposal to that effect is approved by the National Assembly...
This is opposed to what obtains at the moment where police act more or less like "peacekeepers," watching without lifting a finger when electoral manipulation is being perpetrated...
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:43 AM
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