I Refused to Be Compromised, Says Kwara REC

Date: 2019-05-07

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State, Malam Garba Attaihiru Madami, has said that he refused to be compromised in the just concluded general election held in Kwara State which resulted in the wide acceptability of the results of the polls.

Madami said several overtures were made to him mostly by politicians he did not name with some of them offering "huge sums of money" but "I rejected these offers".

The REC said at a stage "they sent women to me to woo me when they saw that I refused their monetary offers but I can't be wooed by women. I have one wife and I have been faithful to my wife".

Making this known in Minna, Niger State on Sunday evening after giving out his daughter in marriage said: "Politicians think they can buy anybody with money. You cannot buy honour, you can only buy dishonour."

He explained that he was able to make his staff work according to the guidelines by sending "secret agents after them", a development that made them to fear being arrested and prosecuted.

"I got three of them on tape compromising, I used them as example which resulted in others sitting up," he said.

Madami said: "Today, I can hold my head high anywhere in Kwara State because no one can accuse me of compromising the electoral process."

He however gave thumbs down to some of his colleagues who compromised their positions, insisting that about 50 per cent of his colleagues failed the integrity test.

The REC said most of the problems that the commission faced in the build up to the election were caused by the political parties who lacked internal democracy.

He said if the primary elections of the parties had been free and fair and popular candidates emerged, there would have been less tension in the country, adding that: "More than 80% of the election cases in court were pre election matters.

"INEC is disturbed by lack of internal democracy in the political parties."

He appealed to winners in the election to be magnanimous in victory by accommodating the losers in their governments.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

General Hospital, Ilorin     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Fulani     NAWOJ     QuickWin     Mamman Saba Jibril     Salihu Ajia     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Aminat Omodara     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kabir Shagaya     JSSCE     Aisha Gobir     Simeon Ajibola     Pacify Labs     Share-Tsaragi     Gbenga Awoyale     Asa     Jawondo     Monthly Sanitation     Oba Abdulraheem     Suleiman Abubakar     Christopher Ayeni     Makama     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Yusuf Arowosaye     SSA Youth     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Aliyu Umar     Innocent Okoye     Vasolar Consultoria     Yakubu Danladi     Esinrogunjo     Abdulfatah Ahmed     CELF     Mumeen Lah     Ndama Al-hassan     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Olatunji Ayeni     Salihu S. Yaru     Police Commissioner     Abdulmumini Jawondo     UNILORIN Alumni     Mutawali     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Fola Consultant     Ahmed Dankaya     Mohammed Lawal     Kwara South     Just Event Online     Patigi Regatta     Eleyele     Abubakar Baba     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Reuben Paraje     Agbarigidoma     Segun Adeniyi     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Alabe     Elerinjare     Kwara Liberation Group     Tafida Of Ilorin     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Haleeman Salman     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Olatomiwa Williams     Igosun     Bond     TETFUND     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Funmilayo Zubair     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Ben Duntoye     2023 Elections     Elerin Of Adanla     Oluwole Dupe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saka Onimago     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Olatunji Bamgbola     Tunji Arosanyin     Rafiu Olasile     Moses Rahman Popoola     Moshood Mustapha     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     JSSCE     Jimoh Akani     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Talaka Parapo     Oba Of Jebba     Ayegbeni     IEDPU     Leke Ogungbe     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Kanu Agabi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Lola Ashiru     Muazam Nayaya     NTA Ilorin     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Yoonus Lawal     Ileloke     Aliyu Sabi     Tunde Saad     NURTW     Ajuloopin     Femi Ogunsola     SUBEB     Maryam A. Garuba     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ita-Ore     KWSIEC     Umar Adelodun     John Olobayo     Read With Me     PharmAccess Foundation     Mohammed Ibrahim     CELF     Kola Bukoye     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Twitter     Nurudeen Muhammed     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Emmanuel Bello     Bola Shagaya     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Sabo-Oke     Adedipe     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Ladi Hassan     Halimah Perogi     Kolawole Bashirat     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Quranic Recitation Competition     Gbemi Saraki     Elesie Of Esie     Curfew     KWATMA     JAMB     Rihanat Ajia     Magaji Are     Ibrahim Oniye     KW-GIS     Fatai Olodo     Ndakene     Fulani