Two Electoral Officers who supervised the last governorship election in
Osun state have been suspended by the Independent National Electoral
Commission INEC over alleged electoral fraud during the exercise.
The
suspended officers according to reliable sources are messres Fabunmi
F.T and Esinoye A.O who were said to have allegedly colluded with the
All Progressive Congress APC to manipulate electoral process in favour
of the party in Osogbo and Obokun local government councils
respectively.
Credible sources at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo,
told our correspondent that the “development is the outcome of
preliminary investigation by the INEC National Commissioners, who were
deployed by the commission to supervise the August 9 governorship
election in Osun”.
According to one of the sources, who pleaded for
anonymity on the matter said, “the two Electoral Officers are suspended
to create enough room for thorough investigation into electoral offences
leveled against them. After the investigation must have been concluded,
appropriate legal action if need be would commence to punish them for
the misdemeanor”.
“The two affected officers were part of EOs that
participated in the distribution and collection of sensitive electoral
materials in Osogbo and Obokun local governments during the August 9,
2014 gubernatorial election. They were accused of allegedly selling
blank ballot papers to the APC and manipulating form EC8 Series to
favour APC, voiding PDP votes “, the source added.
When contacted the
INEC National Commissioner, who supervised the election, Ambassador
Mohammed Wali confirmed the development, saying that the two affected
EOs are currently under suspension, pending the outcome of investigation
into issues raised against them.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/inec-suspends-2-eos-alleged-manipulation-osun-gov-poll/
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