Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has warned civil servants in the state against taking bribe to vote during the July 14 gubernatorial election in the state.
He charged the workers to shun overtures from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to bribe them on election day, saying it could be a ploy to get them arrested.
Fayose affirmed that it is an electorate offence to collect money in order to vote and warned Ekiti workers against falling prey.
According to The Punch, the governor said this during the presentation of letters of promotion to some civil servants in the state capital, Ado Ekiti on Monday.
Fayose said, “Be very careful of the way you collect money to vote during the coming election. They will use money to entice you, but collecting such money at polling centres is an electoral offence.
“If you are caught and you are found culpable, you can be prosecuted and end up in jail.
“The security people will arrest you and you will be prosecuted at the electoral offences tribunal. Don’t allow them to rig the election, vote and stay there until the votes are counted.”
He further appealed to the workers to vote the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Prof Olusola Kolapo, describing him as one of them.
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