A Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has alleged that some university lecturers who served as collation officers in previous elections in some states aided and abetted electoral-related offences in the country.
Recounting his experience, the outgoing Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, in a lecture entitled “2023 General Election, Stakeholders and INEC Preparation: Oyo State Perspective” as part of activities marking the 83rd birthday anniversary of the chairman and founder of Ibadan-based radio station, Splash 105.5 FM, Chief Adebayo Akande and the 15th anniversary of the station, at the Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, on Friday, narrated how a particular collation officer queried the loss of a particular presidential candidate in Oyo State in 2019.
He stated that an electoral officer, who was supposed to serve as an unbiased umpire, put on the garb of a politician by querying the decision of the electorate to vote for a particular candidate in Oyo State.
