Vote buying
4 Feb
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday suspended the rerun and bye-elections in certain constituencies in the country following the outbreak of violence and other glaring irregularities that marred the exercise.
8 Dec
Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 70-year-old electoral offender, Wahab Hammed, to one year imprisonment for vote buying and bribery.
7 Dec
.Accused remanded pending review The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned Wahab Hammed before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for vote-buying during the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. Hammed was arraigned before Justice Ismail Ijelu on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and bribery. The charge was translated for the defendant…
16 Nov
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has called for legislation to check vote-buying towards safeguarding the country’s electoral system.
15 Nov
The off-season governorship election held last weekend in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states revealed that politicians have perfected illegal acts of voters’ inducement to sabotage the will of the people.
12 Nov
It was another sad tale of massive vote buying, voter apathy, disenfranchisement and outright rigging yesterday, as the electorate in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states filed out to elect their next governors.
8 Aug 2023
An official of Zenith Bank, Mrs. Celestina Appeal, who is the Head of Card Services, was subpoenaed and appeared as a witness, yesterday, before the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
11 Jul 2023
The Federal Government has arraigned, Ladi Adebutu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, for alleged vote-buying during the state governorship election. Adebutu and nine others were arraigned before the State High Court in Abeokuta on alleged vote-buying charges. The PDP candidate, who was charged in absentia, is currently out of the…
7 Jun 2023
The Federal Government has charged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, a commercial bank and its managing director, to court for conspiracy, bribery and money laundering.
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