Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof.
Mahmood Yakubu has urged security agencies, particularly the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC , and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , to target individuals planning to engage in vote-buying on the Election Day in Edo State. He made the call in Benin, the Edo State capital on Tuesday, when he met with members of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, ICCES.
It has been a feature in our elections and the more INEC improves on the processes, the more some people try to beat the process by now going to buy the votes at the polling units. “In any case, if people are buying votes, it means that the votes are counting, that is why they are buying the votes, but we can't allow vote buyers to determine who wins our democratic elections. It is a democracy of the people, by the people, for the people and not a plutocracy which is only open for the rich”.
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