Vote Buyers Should Prepare To Be Jailed – Osun REC — Leadership Newspaper

Mr Segun Agabje is the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Osun State. In this interview with select newsmen, including LEADERSHIP Sunday’s CHIBUZO UKAIBE, he speaks on the commission’s preparations for the governorship election  in the state as well as the menace of vote buying.

How prepared is INEC for the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State?   

For every election, the Commission prepares a schedule of activities which it follows until the last day of the election. The Commission prepares a 14 point agenda. This agenda covers from the preparation of the agenda itself, stating when political parties can flag off campaigns, party primaries, submission of candidates’ names for the election proper,  submission of party agents and so on and so forth. We usually have a 14 day notice of hold which means that we have only 14 days to elections and in the case of Osun, September  20 is the last day for campaign ahead of the September 22 election date. We…