INEC Suspends 3 Staffs Over Election Material Theft in Delta

Delta State Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended three of its staff for election related offenses during the last May 2015 general elections

Two are staff of Stores Unit of INEC headquarters who was suspended over the theft of the election materials used for the conduct of the election and a staff of the Local Government Area Office suspended for cloning election materials especially result sheets.

According to the findings, the local government staff cloned the results sheets with the aim of falsifying the outcome of the April 25th 2015 Delta Central Senatorial District Supplementary election.

Delta State Police Command recently arrested a leader of Labour Party, LP, Esiri Onoduwereho in Asaba for allegedly stealing result sheets and other administrative documents. He was apprehended by security agents in one of the hotels in the capital city after committing the crime.
Independent Newspapers findings confirmed that the decision was taken by the commission due to their negligence and apparent conspiracy and they are to remain suspended until the final determination of the matter by the National Headquarters of INEC.
Onoduwereho, who posed as an agent of the party had applied for Certified Copies of Results for Tribunal purposes at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and office in Asaba and in the process of document production escaped with the documents.
Officers at INEC office were said to have raised alarm immediately Onoduwereho left the office and arranged for a search party but could not trace him immediately until nemesis caught up with him and was arrested with some of the documents at a hideout.
INEC management are said to have advised the affected staff to cooperate with the OC General Information, Criminal Investigation Department, CID, handling the matter while Onoduwereho is assisting the officers in their investigation.