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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 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 s.

“We have prosecuted over 200 people involved in electoral malpractices. It is an enormous work. We have a small legal unit. We are getting to a point where we will collaborate with NBA so that more people will be prosecuted.”

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 and de 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.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/anambra-gov-poll-inec-uncovers-93000-fake-names/

The rigging done already start. Na 2day. Nigeria with free and fair election. never.

every information from INEC is unrealiable! It's a deceiptive approach to make Nigerians believe them working. They have their influenced motive as designed from imcubent atmosphere. Watch them...

Sirniyeh: every information from INEC is unrealiable! It's a deceiptive approach to make Nigerians believe them working. They have their influenced motive as designed from imcubent atmosphere. Watch them...

Really, then are u saying the removal of the former INEC head changed little with regards to rigging of elections?

smh
93000
how many voters Anambra self

Only 93,000?

That can't be right!

M

9jadelta: smh
93000
how many voters Anambra self

my man wat r u sayin

Ghost ke?

We Give Up!

This kind of cases are simple to solve!!
Bury the ghosts

I despise politics

some people dont want our development in this country,everything is ghost in this country,ghost voters,ghost workers,etc.

who gave the ghost employment??

How do you hope to prosecute 93k people ?

Maybe just make them ineligible to vote

that's all

Rigging is not an option. APGA should present and Soludo who is very popular. PDP can't win Anambra but can Soludo . Soludo solution is the answer.

Soludo should cooperate with GEJ AND Obi, if dey call him for discussion or he should initiate dialog with them.

Politics is a pack game with GEJ and Obi the leaders of the Pack and Soludo must comply.

I hope dey listen for once.

This is a crime or should I say what happens in every state and outside Nigeria so its no news!

But why do things concerning Anambra make frontpage all the time. U people seem to be making them more relevant than they already are!
Abeg make una no yab me o!

Political desperadoes at their best, sorry you have failed this time. It's been confirmed that Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah of Capital Oil has been using luxury buses to bring people en masse from outside the State to in Anambra. Thank you INEC, we have no vacancy for criminals and political desperadoes in our great State.

Ghost or no ghost, Ngige all the way.

93,000 ghost says Andy Uba is the Gov. PDP EKABO!

Option A4 is the only solution to Nigeria corrupt electoral environment.

Timaya! Na today we begin hear of INEC & their observation? Impliment proper electronics votin system & stop distracting our attentions.

It's no news abeg. Politics is Madness,Madness is Politics. It has been the culture of Nigerian Politicians to rig election so Y is this one a HeadlinePolitics is just a Dirty Game!!!

93000 ghosts?
Now, how do you kill something that is already dead?

Like seriously? How were they discovered? Did they use d E.M.F device sam and dean winchester use in supernatural movie series? Pls tell us how they were uncovered

Thank God for the discovery. Ngige all the way. Anambra will come.

NDI ARA!!!
GHOST MODE

Them no go see me

Sirniyeh: every information from INEC is unrealiable! It's a deceiptive approach to make Nigerians believe them working. They have their influenced motive as designed from imcubent atmosphere. Watch them...

so you want to make your kinsmen look like saints that can't attempt electoral fraud abi

The rigging has started even when the election is still far & someone would say it's free&fair.Only God will save us in this Country.

Inflating voters' with fictitious names is no.1 way of rigging elections in this country. Since 1999 PDP has been "winning" elections using this fraud: the ghost voters are just given votes. That's why voting in this country is a waste of time - with a huge percentage ghost voters the winner is certain even before the voting.

Sumtyms I wonder if Jega will be able to bring out credibility in forth coming election with all dis political chaos and electoral loop holes.