THE successes recorded at the Osun State gubernatorial election notwithstanding, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has faulted the deployment of masked operatives by the Department of State Security (DSS) for the exercise.
Speaking Wednesday in Abuja at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue, organised by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) with support of the Department For International Development (DFID), Jega said the presence of hooded operatives during the Osun polls negated the principle of transparency, which INEC stands for.
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