How vote buying is new rigging method Observer group
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by victor adeoti2 the pvt allows yiaga africa to present an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the election processes james said1 cynthia mbamalu the projector director of the ngo said this on wednesday in osogbo at a media round table discussion tagged watching the vote during sept. 22 governorship election in osun1 mbamalu said vote-buying was becoming a threat to nigeria electoral process adding that all hands must be on deck to put an end to the menace1 she said now a days the more money you give the more votes you get and this is becoming a problem and a challenge to our electoral process1 mbamalu said since the introduction of card reader machines election rigging had reduced to the barest minimum but that the new way found by politicians to compromise electoral process was vote-buying1 an election observer and monitoring group yiaga africa has described vote buying as a new way of elections rigging by politicians in nigeria1 she said the primary objective of the project was to help promote free fair peaceful credible and legitimate elections in nigeria in accordance with international and regional standards1 also speaking safiya bichi the pre-election observation manager said the ngo would embark on pre-election observation between aug.4 and sept.191 bichi said the essence of the pre-election observation was to find out what could be an impediment to a credible election1 on his part paul james the training manager said the ngo would be using pvt methodology to observe the governorship election in the state1 according to james pvt is an advanced election day observation methodology that uses well established statistical principles and sophisticated information technology1 on osun election she said the ngo would deploy 500 election observers in 250 polling units across the state. mbamalu explained that the organisation would also engage in voter education before the election.1

Breaking: Omisore dumps PDP for SDP
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our quest for an alternative political platform is basically in pursuit of a credible political structure that would guarantee that our people enjoy the benefits of accountable leadership at the state level from now2 by victor adeoti2 on the platform of the sdp i shall with the support of my supporters followers and the electorate of the state seek the nomination to contest for and by his grace be elected as the executive governor of osun state on september 22 20182 it is with great concern that i have made a very expedient decision today to withdraw my membership from the peoples democratic party pdp and join the social democratic party sdp a party that believed in a balanced equitable and truly functional nigeria2 notwithstanding my enormous contributions over the past years or so to building the pdp after very deep thought and the widest consultations with my god my family my supporters in and outside osun state2 the statement reads partly engaging and working with like-minded leadership we have sought for an alternative platform that will assures both credible and legitimacy that will rescue osun state from its current reckless misrule1 sen. iyiola omisore a former deputy governor of osun has announced his defection from the peoples democratic party pdp to social democratic party sdp1 according to him the pdp in osun is in disarray and likely to remain in prolonged political captivity over the next four years1 he said his mission was to rescue the state from what he described as years of misrule1 omisore who announced his defection in a statement made available to newsmen in osogbo on sunday said he intended to contest the sept. 22 governorship election on the platform of sdp1 omisore was osun deputy governor on the platform of alliance for democracy ad between 1999 and 20031 he was also elected to the senate on the platform of pdp in 2003 to represent osun east senatorial district1