Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, has warned its personnel against unethical and corrupt practices in the upcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning in Abuja at a lecture in honour of former Director-General of the Electoral Institute, from August 2013 to May 2017 late Abubakar Momoh.
Yakubu, represented by the National Commissioner, and Chairman, Board of Electoral Institute, Abdullahi Zuru, warned that any unethical practice before, during and after those elections would incur severe punishments under the law.
Yakubu said the success of any election largely depended on the professionalism and competence of those responsible for conducting it.
He advised electoral officers to be guided by the following principles of integrity, impartiality, transparency, professionalism, gender and disability sensitive.
