Security personnel protest unpaid duty allowances for Osun poll
Some personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service and Nigeria Correctional Service deployed for the August 15 Osun State governorship election are yet to receive their election duty allowances, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that N120,000, paid in two separate deposits of Read More:…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is investigating claims that the main political parties in the Osun State governorship election on August 15 spent over N100 billion. Experts have raised concerns over the difficulty of tracking such large expenditure figures. According to the report from Saturday PUNCH, the All Progressives Congress (APC) allegedly spent N22.578 billion on vote buying, while the Accord, led by the incumbent governor Ademola Adeleke, spent N11.289 billion.
The report also mentioned payments to party agents, canvassers, security personnel, and electoral officers. INEC National Commissioner Mohammed Haruna stated that the commission would conduct its own assessment before determining if the parties breached the N3 billion spending limit set by the Electoral Act 2026 for governorship candidates.
Former and serving electoral commissioners acknowledged the challenges INEC faces in establishing the exact amounts spent during the election, emphasizing the importance of enforcing spending limits and prosecuting offenders, especially those involved in vote buying.
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