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  • LP chiefs accused of possessing voter cards

    LP chiefs accused of possessing voter cards

    Labour Party (LP) chairmanship aspirant in Ese-Odo Local Government, Mr.Festus Dabo, his brother, Peter Dabo and two others have been reportedly arrested by the police at Igbekebo riverine area for allegedly printing voter cards.

    It was learnt that the suspects were apprehended at a cyber café owned by another LP bigwig.

    Sources said they were caught with over 5,000 voter cards.

    When contacted for confirmation, police spokesman Adeniran Aremu directed our reporter to the Commissioner of Police. Efforts to reach him proved abortive.

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Igbekebo confirmed the arrest, but declined further comment.

    The case has been reportedly transferred to the State Command in Akure, for further investigation.

    A few weeks ago, a chieftain of LP in Ondo West Local Government, Mr. Olaolu Oladapo and a security guard with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Omolade Raphael, were arrested and remanded in prison for allegedly being in possession of over 1,000 unclaimed voter cards.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • INEC assures on prosecution of voter’s cards suspects

    •Confirms involvement of worker

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday assured the public that it will prosecute those caught with voter’s cards in Ondo State, regardless of their status or party affiliations.

    A statement issued by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Akin Orebiyi, hailed the Ondo State Police Command for taking a proactive step in arresting the suspected electoral offenders.

    He vowed that the electoral body would get to the root of the matter to fish out the political party behind the electoral fraud.

    The REC confirmed that a worker of the commission, whose name he refused to mention, was involved in the electoral fraud and he had been arrested by security operatives.

    The statement reads: “The attention of INEC has been drawn to the arrest of a man with over a thousand voter’s cards issued by INEC purportedly given to him by a junior staff engaged as a security man by the commission, who has also been arrested by the police.

    “Save for the voter’s cards and campaign materials of two of the political parties contesting the October 20 poll, no other electoral materials were found in possession of the suspects. For the purpose of emphasis, no ballot papers were found in their possession.

    “Preliminary investigation by the commission indicates that some people did not collect their voter’s cards after registration last year. The unclaimed cards are in the custody of the Electoral Officer.

    “Collection by proxy is prohibited and it is not part of the security man’s duties to handle, distribute or in any way deal with voter’s cards.”