The leadership of National Consultative Front, NCFront, has condemned alleged inducement of would be voters ahead of Edo State governorship election coming up on Saturday.
The group said the discovery was uncovered by its monitors in a viral video, where agents and stalwarts of one of the dominant political parties were said to be seen exchanging monies and Ankara clothing materials for Permanent Voters cards, PVCs of voters.
In a statement issued at the weekend by its Head of Public Affairs Bureau, Dr Tanko Yunusa, NCFront threatened to drag the concerned party and its governorship candidate before the International Court of Justice and the international community at large, if the said act continued through the Saturday elections.
According to the group, the action of the members of the party amounted to vote buying and “see and buy”.
NCFront’s intervention reads in part: “Our non-partisan Front hereby wishes to alert the nation, especially the Gen Abdusalami Abubarkar-led Peace Committee, INEC and the international community that this unfortunate act of desperation by this party is capable of sparking off a major crisis that could mar the peace and credibility of the entire elections.
“Therefore, we urge them to quickly step in to nip these subversive and circumventing activities of votes buying in the bud before they degenerate into a free for all, as our pre elections investigations and findings reveal a violent build up between the two leading political parties in the Edo elections.
“Finally, in the event of further recklessness and blatant violations of electoral ethics by any of the contesting political parties, the NCFront as the new conscience of the country shall not hesitate to raise a formidable petition over this matter before the international community and appropriate international courts of Justice as our Monitors Situation Room stationed in Edo State has been mandated to compile every electoral offences observed during the elections for judicial processing.”
