•We’ll enforce this starting with Osun governorship poll

•Meets 91 political parties

By Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has vowed to make a statement with the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State scheduled for September 22, 2018, by arresting and prosecuting politicians inducing voters with money.

The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the hint yesterday in Abuja during a quarterly consultative meeting with the 91 political parties, where he urged the parties to conduct credible party primaries, as they are the cornerstone of democracy.

He noted that the political parties have just one month to conduct their primaries, advising them to conduct credible party primaries, as well as resolve all issues arising from the conduct of the primaries.

The chairman urged the political parties to adhere strictly to the timetable and schedule of activities of the 2019 general elections, noting that only 60 out of the 91 political parties have invited INEC to monitor their party primaries.

On vote buying, Yakubu stated: “We are witnessing an ugly trend of vote buying in recent elections in the country. This is giving our democracy a bad name.

“There is difference between democracy, – government of the people made by the people and for the people – and plutocracy, which is government by the rich.

“We are going to make a big statement with the Osun governorship election by arresting and prosecuting vote buyers. We can’t carry this ugly trend to2019 elections.”

The INEC chairman noted that the commission would only recognize notices emanating from the National Executive Committee (NEC) of political parties, as state branches cannot submit names of candidates, venue, as well as, date of primaries to INEC.

He stressed: “Primaries should be resolved without litigations. We are still battling with litigations from party primaries conducted in 2014. We have been dragged to court 680 times over party primaries.

“Political parties are key to our democracy. Some parties change names of candidates who genuinely emerged from party primaries, while some submit names of candidates without conducting primaries.

“Notification should not come from branches. Parties must avoid incessant changes to party primaries and try to eliminate rancor. We incure cost in the process of monitoring party primaries and we don’t have all the resources in the world to monitor party primaries.”

He further explained that even though INEC has no power under the law to reject the names of candidates submitted by political parties, “but, this time around, we will name and shame political parties that fail to conduct credible primaries; so we should do the right thing for our democracy.”

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APC INEC is not serious.With all the vote buying widely conspicious in the last Bauchi, Ekiti and Kastina bye election which they refused to prosecute that even SERAP have to sue them? INEC is simply playing a script.

Centurial joke....ifahear?

You want to arrest and prosecute the same people funding you, and for whom most of your staffs are working.

I'd be glad to see that happen in Nigeria.

So, this is a quote I made at the end of my book in my siggy...

"By what time the battle is over and my time on earth is come to an end, I'd love to be remembered as one who saw, identified, believed in and fought for a cause that is just".

What cause have you taken upon you to see through folks...

No one is carried away with their fake promise and promise. each and everyone is prepared for them.

if that is the case, that means that all the politicians are already on their way to kirikiri maximum prisons

If You Are A Student Studying In Osun And You Are Praying For Continuity, You Are Liable To Spend 8 Years Studying Business Administration In Iree Poly. A course of 4 to 5 years Both ND And HND

If You are A Student Of Uniosun Studying Law And You Are Yarning For Continuity, You Are Liable To Open Your Chamber In The School Premises, Because 15 Years To This Time You Won't Graduate.

Eyi to wa buru ju ni! If You Are A Student Of Lautech, I Mean Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology And You Are Studying Medicine But You are Praying For Continuity, My Brother Please Use Your First Semester Result To Seek Job In The School Clinic Because 20 years To This Time they don't know how to decide your future

The Continuity They Mean Is Continuity Of Suffering

All na lie,

G

Senseless talk! INEC that is being funded by the government how can it not be biased?

Why not start with Fayemi of Ekiti State; then move on to the frail, lifeless Daura man who induced almajiri kids to vote for him.

Na Gist eee

Ok

Can they achieve this?

Check my signature for 2018/2019 club and country jerseys

INEC can only arrest opposition party agents not APC.

Osun state election is an absolute win for APC.

There's more serious state business to take care than having a dancing governor.

Nice if implemented.
Vote buying is a disguised rigging.

Time will tell.

Story! As if to say no be the politicians go still buy Inec over.

APC and lies PDP and violence INEC and acting.....

Yeye.

Start with the recently conducted Ekiti polls.

Osun too will come and go without any arrests made as long as APC are the ones buying up the votes.

Partisan INEC.

akuko ifo

SEONaijaExpert:
Osun state election is an absolute win for APC.

There's more serious state business to take care than having a dancing governor.

as if Aregbe is not known for dancing too...

next...

Na today Nonsense

“We are going to make a big statement with the Osun governorship election by arresting and prosecuting vote buyers. We can’t carry this ugly trend to2019 elections.”

BREAKING NEWS:
osun state is giving out #10,000 loan to her indigenes by the APC led Government.


Rauf is really working

tinubu hearing this,be like.
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these guys are far more talented in comedy than basket mouth them

PVC IS NOT YOUR SALVATION.....DISINTEGRATION IS THE ONLY SALVATION....ITS THE RIGHT FUTURE FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN....AND CHILDREN TO COME



#ONE NIGERIA IS A JOKE ON HUMAN LIFE

empty talks to decieve parties, civil society and international community dat dey are up and doin. Toothless bulldog

Chai! This pipu want to spoil market for person oo. What about me that have collected my pvc, washed and ironed it, waiting to collect 4k each from 91 registered political parties. 4000*91= 364,000. I want to collect my own dividend of democracy upfront. I cannot come and go and continue to chop stories in this cantry.

Like you have b doing b4