The Electoral Institute (TEI) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has that with all the indicators, the early warning signs indicate that there will be violence and it cannot be over looked. The TEI Chairman, Prince Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, said this on the sideline of a Round Table and Policy Dialogue on Kogi election theme “A successful Governorship Elections in Kogi: What are the Critical Issues?” organized by the institute on Monday in Abuja.

He also said that vote buying in November 16 governorship election in Kogi State would be discouraged by concealing all form of evidence of the votes cast by the electorates.

He said the event was INEC’s commitment to continuous strategic engagement with stakeholders on issues central to elections, electoral process, governance and democratic practices. Soyebi said that already, there were reports of violence and anticipated vote buying in the state, but the commission was working to curb all of them.

“What we will do is to discourage potential vote buying by increasing the sanctity of the vote, if you vote now, it is difficult for another person to see it. So, where there is no evidence of voting, there will be no corresponding money coming after it. We have said it consistently, vote buying is more of a criminal offence than an electoral offence, the security apparatus have been dealing with this and would continue to deal with it,”he said.

Speaking earlier, the TEI Director-General Dr. Sa’ad Idris, said the policy dialogue was a deliberate attempt of the commission through its research and training organ to interrogate by the way of policy dialogue, the commission’s preparedness for elections. According to him, the aim was to also interrogate to know areas that required urgent attention for instant improvement to ensure a successful credible and transparent governorship election in Kogi.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/govship-poll-early-warning-signs-indicate-possible-violence-in-kogi-inec.html

APC is showing too much desperation

Dino go loose to join his guy sarki

Kogi maka why?

And traveller§ need to pass thru there oohh

Useless elections that buhari will influence

B4 wouldn't u guys benefit from it another useless entity in Nigeria

Nobody has told me who the Igalas are supporting.

Kogi state people should make judicious use of their power dx time around and vote for the candidate of their choice who has good intentions for the state.

They should not sell their votes ooh

It's do or die politics in kogi state .

Fadomero:
Dino go loose to join his guy sarki

Dino might likely win smart, since the election is holding on same day with governorship election (November 16). the people of kogi west don't like governor yahaya bello, so you might witness a protest vote against smart adeyemi of APC. secondly, most okun people felt that Dino is more accessible than smart, because dino is use to abuja and his village, while smart is use to abuja and illorin. thirdly they see Dino has the only kogi indigenous fighting against yahaya bello maladministration. lastly they said dino has commissioned more project in his constituency than bello. so Dino might win the election.