2027 Polls: 70 CSOs demand electoral offences commission to curb vote trading

… allege some voters in Osun got jollof rice as inducement
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA — The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organisations working to support credible, transparent and inclusive elections in the country, called on Monday for the creation of an electoral offences commission.
The group, in its final statement on the just-concluded Osun State governorship election, further urged the National Assembly to review and set a timeline for the expeditious conclusion of pre-election cases.
It maintained that last Saturday’s gubernatorial poll in Osun State exposed “a systemic risk,” noting that “late judicial determinations affecting candidates ca...