The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on its efforts geared towards curbing electoral fraud in Nigeria.
This commendation was given in Gombe, Gombe State by the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Gombe, Dr Sa’ad U. Idris when he paid a courtesy visit to the Gombe Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE1 Austine Adache at the EFCC ‘s office in Gombe.
Idris disclosed that, “The EFCC has brought sanity into the electoral processes in the country. It gladdens my heart to say that vote buying and selling are almost impossible as security agencies, including the EFCC, are now present at polling booths to monitor elections and this has created some orderliness in the country” .
The Commissioner added that ” We are here to strengthen the relationship with our critical stakeholder to ensure peace and security in our electoral processes.”
He specifically sought partnership regarding capacity building of its staff to boost efficiency and assured the EFCC of his unrelenting support. ” We wish to be part of your capacity building programmes to brainstorm on electoral processes and increase productivity. We also assure you of our unrelenting support in the fight against corruption”, he said.
Responding , Adache reiterated that “the EFCC is established to curb corruption, economic and financial crimes in the country. Our efforts are yielding results. At the Gombe Zonal level, we have secured some convictions on electoral issues, however, all hands must be on deck if we must win the war against corruption”.
He expressed optimism that the collaboration between the two agencies would be taken a notch higher. “We value the partnership between your agency and the EFCC. Our focus is to sanitize the society and with this new synergy , we hope to do more”, he said.
