CSO: Anambra guber election marred by breaches of ballot secrecy, vote-buying

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The Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a civil society organisation (CSO), says the November 8 Anambra governorship election was characterised by widespread breaches of ballot secrecy.

In a post-election statement released in Abuja on Friday, KDI said many voters, across several polling units, openly showed their marked ballot papers to party agents before leaving the polling booth.

The organisation said the patterns were documented across all 326 wards in the state. It noted that many polling units were arranged in a way that made it easy for party agents to monitor voters. The CSO added that poor enforcement of guidelines allowed political actors to exploit structural weaknesses in the system.

“Our observers reported widespread instances where voters openly displayed their marked ballots to party agents after voting,” the statement reads. Thecable