ROLES OF CRIMES COMMISSION GIVES MORE CREDIBILITY TO 2019 ELECTION IN OYO STATE, SAYS AGBOKE

‘In fact, it gave credibility to the conduct of the elections. I was monitoring the analysis of the elections on the radio one day when somebody said he saw for the first time EFCC men around Oluyole area and Ibarapa axis’.

“The point I am making here is that even while you were waging the war against vote buying on one hand, we were still able to see in you an agency of government trying to checkmate vote compromises in other forms. That actually made the elections to be acceptable.”

“Apart from playing laudable roles during the buildup to the elections, throughout the exercise you were there. Your own computation during the collation was even more superb than what we were doing with the excel’.

 ‘I discovered that each time we were showing the results, you were the one telling me the margin between all of those figures. It is a commitment. It is not just because you are doing an official duty. It is a support. We thank you very sincerely. We thank all your personnel.”

“The mandate given us was that we should collaborate and interface with all the agencies of government to deliver acceptable elections. I know at the national level your chairman too was also interfacing with my chairman (Prof. Mahmud Yakubu) and that was what was responsible for the successes we recorded.”

Penpushing further reports that the electoral umpire disclosed that commission has started preparing for the 2023 elections, noting that more than 700,000 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) belonging to prospective voters in the State are yet to be collected.

“The commission is going to start the process of Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) very soon. Those who were unable to register will register. Those whose cards are still in our custody will be able to come and collect their PVCs. As I speak, we have over 700,000 PVCs uncollected.”

The Chairman  thanked the acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, for agreeing to work with the electoral body to help discharge its duties to the satisfaction of most Nigerians.

Penpushing also reports that, the Ibadan Zonal Head of the commission, Friday Ebelo, earlier in his welcome address while speaking on behalf of the acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu appreciated staff of the electoral body ‘for putting Nigeria first’ in the discharge of their constitutional duties.

‘All public servants should make such commitment their watchword in order to end well in their chosen careers, i always tell my people that as the head of an agency of government or leader of a people, you must always remember that you have a name to protect. That should be the motivation for you to stand your ground at all times’.

“If you want to be compromised, you can be compromised. But if you can remember that you have a name to protect and you have a tomorrow ahead of you, you will guide against being compromised. That is the kind of commitment I saw in you and your team during the 2019 elections when I was working with you,”

The commission boss assured the visiting Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) team that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) door is always open to offer any assistance within its powers to help further sanitise the country’s electoral processes.”