INEC: No Electoral Offenders Shall be Punished with Jungle Justice

INEC has refuted claims that any electoral offender shall be punish by the order  made by Buhari. The order to have anyone who snatch a ballot box shot by the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari was not well recieved by members of the public with some going as far as to call such order a complete deviation from the law and a law by the jungle.

President Muhammadu Buhari speaking regarding those who might try rigging the election, he said; 'anyone who tries to snatch a ballot box will do so at the expense of his life. his was clearly in sharp contrast to the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Nigerians has so far condemned such order and label it law by the jungle.

Addressing the Stakeholders at the National Election Collation Center Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said, no Electoral offender shall be punish other than by the Laws provided by the Constitution of the Federation. He stated that according to the constitution only the Electoral laws shall be used on an electoral offender.

'“The position of the commission is that all violators of the Electoral Act should be punished according to the provisions of the Electoral Act,” he said. 'The committee is committed to ensuring that the election is conducted in a peaceful manner all the while making absolutely sure that all laid down rules and regulations are follwed by all parties involved.' He further stated.