Godsgift Onyedinefu The Department of State Services (DSS) has pledged to partner with sister security agencies and support the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the Ondo election scheduled for 10th October, is hitch free. The Service also charged its personnel to remain professional while discharging their duties. This was
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CLEEN Foundation asks INEC, Security Agencies to Investigate, Prosecute Electoral Offenders
Godsgift Onyedinefu A civil Society Organization, CLEEN Foundation has charged security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure that all electoral offenders including security personnel in the just concluded elections in Edo state are duly sanctioned to serve as deterrent to others. CLEEN Foundation noted that the prosecution
Incidence of Vote Buying in Edo Election Disturbing – CLEEN Foundation
*Says covid 19 protocols poorly adhered to Godsgift Onyedinefu A Civil Society Organization, CLEEN foundation has described as disturbing the high incidence of vote trading across polling units in the Edo election The foundation in its preliminary report on the election on Saturday, also found poor compliance to the preventive measures and
Edo Election Marred by Vote Buying, Late Arrival of INEC Officials, Others – CDD
*Calls for high alert in vote collation Godsgift Onyedinefu The much awaited Edo Gubernatorial elections was marred by massive vote buying, late arrival of election officials, among several other factors despite assurances of the Inependent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has disclosed. Idayat Hassan, CDD, while
CLEEN Foundation tasks INEC, Police to Deliver Peaceful, Credible Elections
…donates PPEs to Edo Police Command Godsgift Onyedinefu Ahead of the Edo governorship elections, the CLEEN Foundation has charged security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to synergize and collborate effectively to deliver a peaceful and transparent elections that will be a model for other elections in Nigeria. This is
Edo Guber: NRM Drags INEC, APC to Court, Says Party Has No Candidate
Godsgift Onyedinefu The National Rescue Movement (NRM) and its candidate in the forthcoming Edo State Gubernatorial election, Steve Nash Ozono, have dragged the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressive Congress (APC), Osagie Ize -Iyamu and Gani Audu to Abuja Federal High Court. The movement argued that the APC does not
Electoral offenders must be punished, banned–INEC, stakeholders
•Insists on the establishment of Electoral Offences Tribunal Godsgift Onyedinefu and Nosa Enobhayisobo Some key stakeholders in election matters on Wednesday called for tougher punishment on perpetrators of election violence and other electoral offences. The stakeholders decried that several arrests have been made by security agencies but no meaningful prosecution has
2019: ECOWAS, AU develops 42 checklists on election violence hotspots in Nigeria
•Trains 80 election monitors on violence mitigation Godsgift Onyedinefu The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have developed about 42 checklist to monitor potential election violence hotspots Nigeria. They have also trained trained 80 election monitors,