INEC suspends 205 staff over bribery allegation

source: http://www.eyesoflagos.com/2017/04/inec-suspends-205-staff-over-bribery.html

The suspension was announced on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The decision follows a meeting which considers the report of the Commission’s committee set up to look into an interim report by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing some of its officials of fraud during the 2015 general elections.

A statement signed by INEC National Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Haruna, read: “Based on their level of involvement, two hundred and five (205) serving INEC staff will be immediately placed on interdiction, which entails suspension from duties and being placed on half salary, pending the final determination of the cases they have with the EFCC.
Seventy staff (70), about whom there was insufficient information regarding their involvement, will be referred back to EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution.

“Out of over 23 billion Naira which the EFCC report said was used to influence the elections, the Committee established that 3,046,829,000 Naira was received by INEC staff in 16 states.”

INEC noted that it will continue to take stern action against its officials who compromise its core values of integrity, transparency and impartiality in the conduct of elections.

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Lincoln275:
mtchewww

Good one.

pdp r yam eaters


now we have akara eaters

you are still suspending when all of you are corrupt? With the Ojoro you people did in the last Edo election, u have lost your integrity.

Lmao ,so what about the bribers and the election that was manipulated .




Such a joke of a nation

agabusta:

Good one.

thanks jare , early in d morning dry want to spoil my mood

Even pastors and CAN president were bribed understand GEJ

So what do you expect?

So let nigerians suspend all those who were rigged into office by the suspended INEC staff.This is a big shame.God will punish all of those6 who rigged to bring people with questionable character into different offices.May God also punish those who rigged election at the detriment various lives that were lost during the. elections