Ekiti Guber: Stop weaponising poverty via voter inducement – Yiaga Africa, IPC, urge political parties

Civil society organisations under the European Union Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria, EU-SDGN, the Election Observation Hub, have called on political parties and candidates contesting the Ekiti State governorship election to refrain from voter inducement and uphold democratic values throughout the electoral process.
The groups warned political actors against the weaponisation of poverty through vote buying, insisting that the electorate should be allowed to make their choices freely without coercion or financial inducements.
The call was made in a preliminary election assessment released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti by representatives of the observation hub, which comprises t...