The Independent National Electoral
Commission on Monday said it had uncovered over 93,000 fake voters in
Anambra State, ahead of the November 16 governorship poll in the state.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega,
said this in Abuja at an interactive session with media professionals
and civil society organisations on voter register optimisation.
According to him, the figure represents 5.6 per cent of the voting population in the state.
He said, “The INEC has identified 93,000 cases of ghost
voters in Anambra State, which represents 5.6 per cent of the voting
population in the state. We are commencing the prosecution of those
involved.”
The offenders, he added, would face
prosecution as the commission was collaborating with the Nigeria Bar
Association to bring the culprits to book.
Jega also said the commission was
putting in place fresh measures to check the incidence of multiple
registrations as witnessed during the 2011 general elections.
He added, “We have started working; I
can tell you that before 2011 elections, we were not able to cross-check
to know if there were cases of multiple registrations. We have
identified more than 800,000 multiple registers.
The INEC boss also explained that there
was no confusion in the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party over its leadership.
He said, “As far as INEC is concerned,
there is no confusion as to who is the PDP chairman. There is no court
order stopping us from recognising the current leadership of the state
chapter of the PDP. Any other person that parades himself as the
chairman will be prosecuted.”
On the recent court ruling, which
nullified INEC’s de-registration of 28 political parties, he said the
commission would soon appeal the judgment.
He explained, “The laws are very clear
under what conditions to register and deregister political parties.
People are forgetting that we have three other court judgments thrown
away by the courts.
“We will appeal the case and our lawyers
are working on it. It is unfair to say that the court upturned our
decision. We did the right thing and we are appealing that judgment.”
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