The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has declared readiness to support the Independent National Electoral Commission with visual aids to document cases of vote-buying in the 2023 general election.
The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said the move would help INEC to monitor compliance with the extant provisions of the electoral act.
Owasanoye said this at a stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money on the 2023 general election, organised by INEC at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja.
He was quoted in a statement by the ICPC as saying, “We will support the INEC in monitoring compliance before, during and after the elections. We have been deploying and we will continue to deploy officers for election monitoring with visual aids to document vote-buying because sometimes you cannot immediately enforce during the process but after.
The ICPC boss also stated that intelligence gathering concerning the campaign finances of all the political parties in the country was ongoing just as he promised that the commission was ready to give its best in supporting INEC to deliver credible elections in 2023.
