INEC staff should uphold electoral integrity, due process — Dr Agboke

The outgoing Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, successful Osun State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, has urged unit of the committee to guarantee that the mandate of the electorate determines the result of elections.

Agboke gave the complaint during his farewell code astatine a handover ceremonial held successful Osogbo connected Tuesday.

He cautioned unit against allowing themselves to beryllium utilized for immoderate signifier of malpractice, stressing the value of professionalism successful the discharge of their duties.

According to him, “electoral officials indispensable ever reassure voters that their votes volition count. INEC is constitutionally mandated to guarantee credible elections.

“Always guarantee the voters that their votes would decidedly number due to the fact that INEC arsenic a assemblage is created by instrumentality to marque votes number astatine each times.”

Agboke who warned that immoderate process that determines predetermination winners extracurricular the volition of the electorate would undermine antiauthoritarian values and summation elector apathy advised unit to uphold the morals of their assemblage and defy undue influence, reminding them of the consequences of compromising their integrity.

“Any different happening determining the victor of an predetermination would not lone beryllium antithetical to antiauthoritarian values but summation apathy successful the governmental space.

“I permission you each to uphold the morals of your profession. Do no...