INEC Sacks 30 Staff Over Election-Related Offences The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has fired no fewer than 30 of its personnel accused of aiding electoral malpractices across the country during the 2011 general election, the electoral body has said. Sixteen of the dismissed staff were punished for their alleged involvement in election-related offences in Anambra state, the South-East state who elections are usually tainted by rigging and thuggery. Other states, whose elections led to the dismissal of INEC officials, are Imo (3), Edo (1), Zamfara (1), FCT (1), Delta (1), Oyo (2), Rivers (1), Lagos (1), and Osun (2). A staff based at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja was also shown the door for allegedly colluding with politicians to perpetrate electoral fraud. Besides, the Commission is prosecuting nine out of its 12 staff apprehended for committing various forms of electoral offences during the governorship elections in six states. Two out of the 12 electoral offenders have been discharged and acquitted while one was convicted.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:44:06 +0000
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