By David Kabiyesi
The Governorship and State Assembly elections may have come and gone, but the politricking and vote buying that characterised Bauchi state election got former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara fuming, iwitnesslive.com can report.
Dogara alleged that there were cases of vote-buying at Gwarangah 007 Polling Unit in Bogoro local council where casted his vote.
“There is massive vote-buying going on across polling units; security agencies have been briefed. From the information I have received, we saw what is going on in Darazo local council, the same thing in some local councils in Bauchi North.
“I’m also aware from the security team that lots of vote-buying is going on in Alkaleri local council. I hope the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and security agencies will be on their toes to deal with this so that we can have free, fair elections,” Dogara said.
Dogara also lauded the voting process which accord g to him has improved tremendously.
“It took me five hours before I could vote during the last election. But there is an improvement today,” he said.
