NWTF To Authorities: Electoral Offenders Must Be Arrested, Prosecuted

A group under the aegis of The Nigerian Women Trust Fund, NWTF, on Tuesday, called on the authorities to go after those who perpetrated various electoral offences during the just-concluded governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections across the country.

The Chief Executive Officer of NWTF, Mufuliat Fijabi, made the call in a post-election statement issued by the organisation’s Gender and Election Watch (GEW) sent to Vanguard in Abuja.

Fijabi explained that the step became necessary because electoral malpractices such as incitement of violence, disruption of polls and burning of poll materials were inconsistent with democratic values and must be stopped.

She lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission for the ‘significant improvement’ with regards to logistics and opening of polls.