Nigeria's 'freest' election witnessed vote-buying 'worth N120m to N1bn'- Group
Nigeria, April 16 -- The parties that took part in the 1993 general elections spent between N120 million to N1 billion in vote-buying during primaries, a civil society group, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), said on Tuesday.
The CDD executive director, Idayat Hassan, said this at a national dialogue organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
The event had the theme: "Eradicating electoral corruption with the focus on vote buying," and held on Thursday in Keffi.
Ms Hassan, who gave a breakdown of vote-buying in Nigeria's electoral history, said the menace has worsened over the years.
"Vote buying has existed since 1960 in Nigeria. The only difference is that the mode has chan...
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