INEC Suspends 2 EOs Over Alleged Manipulation Of Osun Gov Poll

Two Electoral Officers who supervised the last governorship election
in Osun state have been suspended by the Independent National
Electoral Commission INEC over alleged electoral fraud during the
exercise.

The suspended officers according to reliable sources are messres
Fabunmi F.T and Esinoye A.O who were said to have allegedly colluded
with the All Progressive Congress APC to manipulate electoral process
in favour of the party in Osogbo and Obokun local government councils
respectively.

Credible sources at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo, told Vanguard
correspondent that the "development is the outcome of preliminary
investigation by the INEC National Commissioners, who were deployed by
the commission to supervise the August 9 governorship election in
Osun".

According to one of the sources, who pleaded for anonymity on the
matter said, "the two Electoral Officers are suspended to create
enough room for thorough investigation into electoral offences leveled
against them.

After the investigation must have been concluded, appropriate legal
action if need be would commence to punish them for the misdemeanor".

"The two affected officers were part of EOs that participated in the
distribution and collection of sensitive electoral materials in Osogbo
and Obokun local governments during the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial
election. They were accused of allegedly selling blank ballot papers
to the APC and manipulating form EC8 Series to favour APC, voiding PDP
votes ", the source added.

When contacted the INEC National Commissioner, who supervised the
election, Ambassador Mohammed Wali confirmed the development, saying
that the two affected EOs are currently under suspension, pending the
outcome of investigation into issues raised against them.