The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed charges against the duo of John Demide and Sarah Ajibola for allegedly rigging the 2018 general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association conduct
ed electronically.The EFCC, in the charge sheet marked FHC/L/118c/2020, alleged that the defendants conspired between themselves to “knowingly alter the email addresses and phone numbers of 1004 eligible voters of the NBA election with the intention that such inauthentic data will be acted upon as genuine during the said election.”
The 2018 presidential election of the NBA was won by Paul Usoro , who was declared by the electoral committee to have polled 4,509 votes to beat his contenders, Arthur Okafor and Ernest Ojukwu , who were declared to have polled 4,423 and 3,313 votes, respectively.International flights may resume before Oct, says minister
In the charges now filed by the EFCC two years after the election, Demide and Ajibola were accused of fraudulently using the Supreme Court Enrolment Numbers of some lawyers to vote “with the intent of gaining electoral advantage in favour of Mr Paul Usoro”. According to the EFCC, the lawyers, whose Supreme Court Enrolment Numbers were allegedly used by the defendants, include Gabriel Oladapo, Uthman Oluwaseun, David Anako, Chiagoziem Aninilu, and Bankole Toyin.
The EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, said Demide and Ajibola acted contrary to Section 27 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 and were liable to be punished under Section 13 of the same Act.
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