List of 22 States Where Rigging, Election Malpractices Might Take Place, CSOs Reveal

• Some states have been identified as high risk where election malpractices and manipulations will likely occur
• The investigation on the coming election was carried out jointly by a coalition of ten civil society organisations
• According to the civil society organisations, 22 states with high risks of manipulation while 12 has medium risk

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, a coalition of ten civil society organisations have identified 22 states with high risks of manipulation and malpractices.

The findings also revealed that while 12 states had medium election manipulation risks, three States were classified as having low risk of manipulation.

CSOs say election manipulation risks are high in twenty-two states of the federation.

States classified as high-risk:

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1. Imo
2. Anambra
3. Enugu
4. Ebonyi
5. Abia
6. Rivers
7. Akwa Ibom
8. Lagos
9. Oyo
10. Osun
11. Ekiti
12. Kwara
13. Niger
14. Plateau
15. Taraba
16. Kaduna
17. Bauchi
18. Adamawa
19. Kano
20. Katsina
21. Sokoto
22. Jigawa.

States with medium election manipulation risks:

1. Bornu
2. Yobe
3. Nasarawa
4. Benue
5. Kogi
6. Zamfara
7. Kebbi
8. Ogun,
9. Edo
10. Delta
11. Bayelsa
12. Cross River.

States classified as low risk:

1. Gombe
2. Ondo
3. Federal Capital Territory.

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According to him, they should be careful not to be manipulated by politicians as the 2023 presidential election draws nearer. Saraki disclosed this in a statement by his Media Office in Abuja.

He was reacting to the recent court case in which the Department of State Services (DSS) accused the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, of terrorism.

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Legit.ng also reported that Professor Gbemisola Adeoti, a professor of literature in English from the department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun state, spoke with Legit.ng on the necessity for presidential candidates to have manifestos and why they should all abide by the rule of the game.

While noting that a candidate or his party needs to have a manifesto that the electorate can hold them down to, he noted that what matters most is what the candidate achieves after being voted in.

Source: Legit.ng