The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission, in collaboration with security agents, will do everything to prevent vote-buying during the September 22 governorship election in the state.

The REC, who said this in Osogbo on Thursday, at a meeting held with the governorship candidates, their running mates and party officials as part of the preparations of the commission ahead of the poll, stressed that voters would not be allowed to use telephones to take photographs of their ballots.

According to him, some voters have been using cameras to take photographs of their ballots and show the same photos to politicians to be paid for voting for them.

Agbaje, who was the REC that conducted the August 2014 governorship election in the state before he was transferred to Ondo State and brought back again, said the INEC was determined to conduct a transparent and violence-free election in Osun State and needed the cooperation of all stakeholders to achieve this.

The REC, who said this in Osogbo on Thursday, at a meeting held with the governorship candidates, their running mates and party officials as part of the preparations of the commission ahead of the poll, stressed that voters would not be allowed to use telephones to take photographs of their ballots

Johnnyessence:
it will be resisted on every side. phone was allowed in ekiti state, and also phone will be allowed in osun state governorship election.

PFRB:
Perfecting the rigging plan. This is because most of the evidence in Ekiti election is from phone pictures of actual results.

Johnnyessence:
it will be resisted on every side. phone was allowed in ekiti state, and also phone will be allowed in osun state governorship election.

Patrioticooduan:

Phone was allowed, but it did stop you from claiming the result was rigged.

Johnnyessence:
the likes of premiumtimes newspaper snap results and post it online for people to see.

koropon:
Agbaje, who was the REC that conducted the August 2014 governorship election in the state before he was transferred to Ondo State and brought back again, said the INEC was determined to conduct a transparent and violence-free election in Osun State and needed the cooperation of all stakeholders to achieve this.

The bolded sha!

Patrioticooduan:
Majority of these people are not from South west talkless of coming from Osun state. But they feel they have the right to speak for awon omo Osun. Any single action, they claim it is a plan to rig the election.
Even Fayose did not complain about Ekiti election because he knew he wasn't going to win. E go shock una.

Patrioticooduan:
Majority of these people commenting are not from South west talkless of coming from Osun state. But they feel they have the right to speak for awon omo Osun. Any single action, they claim it is a plan to rig the election.
Even Fayose did not complain about Ekiti election because he knew he wasn't going to win. E go shock una.

Patrioticooduan:

But you still lost didn't you? Anyways, I don't want them to ban phones.

dukie25:
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We don't have to come from Osun to condemn any sinister move by a government institution charged with conducting an unbiased election.