Politics Osun: Electoral Officers Were not Arrested for Colluding With APC- INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied suspending two electoral officers for colluding with the All Progressives Congress, APC to carry out electoral fraud.

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE reported that in a statement issued by Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Chief Public Affairs Officer (CPAO) in Osun, the electoral body said, "it is imperative to correct the erroneous impression created over the pages of the newspapers concerning the suspension of two INEC officers over alleged electoral fraud during the August 9 governorship election.

"It is pertinent to clarify and also set the record straight that the two electoral officers (EO), Mr Funsho Tope Fabunmi (Osogbo Local Government) and Mr Anthony Olusegun Esinoye (Obokun Local Government) were not suspended based on alleged collusion with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate electoral process in favour of the party in Osogbo and Obokun local government councils respectively.

"They were neither culpable of selling ballot papers to the APC nor manipulating Form EC8C to favour the APC and voiding of PDP votes counted in favour of the APC. Mr Fabunmi was suspended based on administrative lapses occasioned in the course of discharging his duties.”

"Mr Esinoye, Electoral Officer, Obokun Local Government, on 7th August, 2014 was alleged by the people of Obokun Local Government Area of diverting sensitive election materials and was arrested by the police in the area.”

"A press statement was immediately issued to correct the spurious allegation that non-sensitive materials which were supposed to be deployed alongside with the sensitive materials were erroneously taken to the Registration Area Centre along with materials meant for the setting up of the centre by the Assistant Executive Officer of the local government while the electoral officer was at the state office of the Commission in Osogbo for the collection of the sensitive election materials in the presence of security and political party agents".

"It is important at this point to emphasis that INEC headquarters did not find the electoral officers culpable of working for the APC to rig the election as purported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)".

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