Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC Bolaji Owasanoye has advocated collaborative efforts in prosecuting electoral offenders.
He made the call at the first Series of National Policy Dialogue on Eradicating Electoral Corruption with focus on vote-buying held in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
He said that the Electoral Act empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to prosecute electoral offenders, but pointed out that realistically INEC does not have that power.
While emphasizing vote-buying, the ICPC chairman said that it was not a new phenomenon, and not peculiar to Nigeria.
On his part, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, recommended the creation of electoral offences commission and tribunal with exclusive power and jurisdiction to process, arrest, investigate and prosecute electoral offenders.
