The Independent National Electoral Commission has advised voters that using mobile phones or any other photographic equipment inside the voting booth to take pictures of the party they cast their votes for will not be permitted.
During a news program on Channels Television, Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC Voter Education and Publicity Committee, announced this.
Upon being charged, he said, anyone caught would face jail time., “No one will be allowed to take his or her phone to the voting cubicle. It is prohibited.
“Officials of the ICPC, EFCC and security agencies will be on hand to monitor and ensure that the law in that respect is not violated.”
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