By Naomi Sharang
Ahead of the 2019 General Elections, some stakeholders, including registered voters in Abuja have charged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to develop strategy against vote-buying.
They told our correspondent in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, that such proactive measures had become expedient following complaints the dimension vote-buying in elections had assumed.
According to them, years of commitment by the commission to deliver free and fair elections will amount to naught if vote-buying is now condoned.
Dr Chidi Amadi, the Executive Director, Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group, who expressed concern over the phenomenon, accused political parties of introducing vote-buying into the electoral process.
He said: “we are worried about this trend of vote-buying. This amounts to accomplice actions of politicians and security agencies.
“These days, politicians are…
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