The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its official duty is to prepare for and conduct polls and not to monitor vote buyers during elections.
The electoral body said there is a limit to what it can do in terms of ending the act of vote buying during elections in Nigeria.
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Speaking in defence of the commission, INEC Commissioner for the North Central (Niger, Kogi and Kwara States), Prof. Mohammed Sani Adam said vote buying is a national issue, a sociological problem which is targeted at jeopardizing the process of credible elections in the country.
Adam made the assertions in Minna, Niger State capital during a visit to monitor the ongoing voter registration exercise in the state.
The government official said there are anti-corruption agencies like the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and other security apparatus basically saddled with the responsibility of monitoring criminal activities during elections.
He reiterated that the commission’s main duty is to conduct elections not monitor criminals.
