INEC Advises Politicians On Campaign Of Blackmail

Politicians have again
been advised to shun hate speeches during election campaigns.
INEC’s Head of Department of Elections and Political Parties Monitoring in Anambra State, Mr Benjamin Igwe, gave the advice during an interview with newsmen in Awka.
He stressed that such hate speeches were common in advertisements on billboards, television, radio, posters and handbills.
“They should avoid such in the interest of peace before, during and after the general elections.’’
He reiterated the commission’s commitment to sanitise the electoral process and ensure that the best practices prevailed in the forthcoming polls.
Igwe urged politicians to play politics by the rule or face prosecution, warning that the commission would prosecute political parties or their candidates that violated the Electoral Act.
“The commission has the power to place limitations on the amount of money or assets which an individual or group of persons can contribute to political parties’’, he said.