Ekiti 2022: Civil Society preaches against Violence, Vote Buying

Nigeria Civil Society (NCS) Situation Room has urged political parties and the electorate in Ekiti to shun acts of violence, vote buying and selling during Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

The Co-convener of the Situation Room, James Ugochukwu, made the appeal on Friday at a preliminary news briefing in Ado-Ekiti on the Ekiti Governorship Election.

Situation Room further calls on political parties to do everything possible to avoid inducement of voters in any form and the propagation of fake news.

“The past governorship elections in 2014 and 2018 were fraught with widespread vote buying even popularising the term stomach infrastructure as a synonym for voter inducement.

Situation Room further calls on political parties to do everything possible to avoid inducement of voters in any form and the propagation of fake news.

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