Tag: Vote-buying
FCT Polls: EFCC nabs 20 over vote buying, seizes ₦17.2m
According to him, the suspects were arrested in different parts of the FCT for offences such as vote buying, vote…
‘Name, Shame, Prosecute’: SERAP pressures INEC over widespread electoral bribery in Anambra
Referring the perpetrators and sponsors of vote buying and undue influence in Anambra to appropriate anticorruption agencies and police for…
Anambra election: Obi warns against against vote-buying, affirms support for LP’s Moghalu
“Let everyone vote according to their conscience. All I want is a free, fair, and credible election,” Peter Obi said.
INEC vows action over vote buying allegations
“INEC is sure that the security agencies will do the needful; as soon as I lay my hands on the…
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#EdoDecides: An election marred by Mammon
Two days before the election, a foremost civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa shared its observations at a conference I attended.
Ogun PDP governorship candidate Adebutu docked for vote buying
The federal government alleged that Adebutu ordered, through his bank, the issuance of 200,000 preloaded ATM verve cards with N10,000…
70-year-old Lagos APC chieftain Wahab Hamed jailed for vote buying
Hamed was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for conspiring with one Segun Ijitola who…
Supplementary election: EFCC arrests 12 in Kano, Katsina for vote-buying
He said that the 10 suspects were apprehended with N1,357,500 in Doguwa LGA, while the two suspects were arrested with…
Elections: EFCC deploys officers, releases hotlines to report vote buyers
EFCC urged members of the public to report any case of vote buying or selling, or other evidence of financial…
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Foolish CBN! Vote-buying made Easy
What the CBN didn't realise is that politicians have enough of this new notes at their disposal. Vote-buying will now…
Vote buying: INEC sends important message to National Assembly
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said speedy passage of the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal Bill by the…
Osun election: End impunity of vote-buying now, SERAP tells INEC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
Methodist Prelate urges Nigerians against vote buying
According to him, some electorates sell themselves out to politicians during elections for a token which would later turn against…
APC chairman Adamu speaks on ‘vote-buying’ in Ekiti
He urged the media to avoid being exploited by disgruntled politicians seeking to smear the country's image for political benefit.
#EkitiDecides: Pandemonium as security operatives ‘snatch’ vote-buying money
The source who asked not to be named in print, identified the security operatives as men of the Nigerian Security…
Vote-buying in Ekiti (video)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested persons involved in vote-buying in the ongoing Ekiti governorship election.
Ekiti election: Voters offered N10,000 by politicians
Mr. Musa Faruk, a resident of the area, said that some suspected political agents had been distributing between N10,000 and…
CAI appeals to Nigerians to reject money politics, vote buying
The Crusaders’ Advocacy Initiative (CAI) has urged the electorate to deliberately reject money politics, vote-buying, and selling in the electoral…
Ondo by-election: Dep. Gov. Ayedatiwa reacts to allegation of vote buying
Some members of the public alleged that they sighted Aiyedatiwa distributing money at Ward 9, Polling Units 3A & 3B…
Vote-buying: EFCC invites ex Bauchi HoS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited Mr Abdon Gin, former Head of Service in Bauchi state to…
Ondo Poll: Vote-buying, dent on political system – PDP chieftain
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Kolade Akinjo, has described vote-buying, allegedly characterised Saturday’s governorship election in…
Imo rerun: EFCC invades election venue, quizzes PDP candidate
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday invaded booth 003 Umucaram Amaraku in Isiala Mbano council…
Kogi Election: Electorate cautioned against vote selling
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Friday cautioned Kogi electorate not to sell their votes in Saturday’s governorship…
Bayelsa, Kogi polls: ICPC to check vote buying, selling
For Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says…
Bayelsa poll: NGO preaches against violence, vote buying
Coalition for Development and Democracy in Bayelsa (CDDB), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has admonished political parties to refrain from violence or…
EFCC arrests 24 suspects for internet fraud ,1 for vote buying
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin has arrested 24 suspects for internet fraud and one other for…
Group condemns alleged vote buying in Niger
A Coalition of Civil Society group has condemned the alleged vote-buying witnessed during the just concluded governorship and state assembly…
Photo News: See bags of money meant for vote buying intercepted by EFCC
At North Bank Area, Makurdi, Benue State, EFCC operatives intercept bags of cash meant for vote-buying. In an attempt to…
Vote buying will entrench poverty – Cleric
A cleric, Rev. Pam Victor of Zatum Baptist Church Television Kaduna, said on Saturday that vote buying would only entrench…
Elections: Magu decries illicit financial flows, vote-buying
Mr Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has decried the increasing wave of illicit…