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The promise of pre-election freebies by political parties is a corrupt practice and "bribe" under the Representation of the People Act which is a ground for declaring an election to be void, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The practice of bribing voters in elections in the country is worrying, especially in light of two such cases being proven in the Election Court for the recent 15th General Election (GE15), says Fahmi Fadzil.
However, the Court also refused to declare then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate A Manju, who was one of the petitioners and also the defeated candidate, as the returned candidate from the constituency.
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), pioneer anti-corruption agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has denied investigating Stella Okotete, one of the ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu. This is despite the sending of an official memo to Okotete, asking her to submit copies of her letters of appointment, promotion letters, pay slips from 2019 till date and all lists of loan processed and approved under her watch as the Executive Director of Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank.
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has written President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominee and a former Executive Director of Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Stella Okotete, demanding her pay slips from 2019 to date. The CCB in a letter addressed to her, with Ref:CCB/HQ/II&M/007/NB/099, and signed by the Director, Intelligence & Monitoring (II&M) Dr. Gwimi S. P, for the Chairman, said the Bureau was currently investigating a case of alleged breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers against her office.