INEC OFFICIALS ARRESTED FOR EXTORTING ELECTORATES AT REGISTRATION CENTRES
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Joseph Omoniyi
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC officials were caught
extorting potential voters before attending to them at registration centres
have been handed over to the police.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC for Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, who
made this known in a phone call with Channels Television on Saturday said this
came after reports from Nigerians about the conducts of some INEC officials
during the registration and collection process were investigated.
Recall that there have been several complaints from Nigerians over the difficulties they encountered in trying to collect their permanent voter’s cards, PVCs.
Mr Igini said various method will be adopted to ensure the elections are
free and fair.
“You are not expected to use any electronic device from the point where you
collect your ballot paper to the cubicle,” he said.
He said the aim of banning the use of photographic devices is to discourage
vote buying.
“We have to deal with vote buying which has become a major challenge in recent
times,” the INEC chief said
He said no new polling unit was created and that voting points will be
available for easy accreditation and voting.
Also, he said ballot papers have not been delivered because it is at the last
stage of processing that this would be done.
INEC on Friday extended the deadline for the collection of the PVCs by three days to Monday, five days before the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 12.
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