I was tempted to compromise 2019 general elections in Kwara ― REC vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Malam Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara on Monday said that he resisted money offered by politicians to compromise the just concluded 2019 general elections in the state.
“There was pressure by politicians who offered me money to compromise the 2019 general elections in Kwara state but I stood my ground and refused to give in.ALSO READ:“It is left between you and God to do the right thing and keep your integrity or compromise and lose your integrity. You may even go to jail,” he said.
“What I did in Kwara state before the elections were to go on air and tell the people that no amount of money can buy me.The REC, however, said that the 765 cases before the elections petition tribunal across the country owed to lack of internal democracy by political parties.
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