Jimoh Ibrahim: INEC officer ask me $1m to accept my nomination forms.

Jimoh Ibrahim, governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state, claims an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ask
him for $1 million to accept his governorship nomination forms.

In direct interview with one of the leading Nigeria journalist, Ibrahim said the INEC body is full of corrupt officers. He said after obtaining his governorship nomination forms from the Ali Modu Sheriff led PDP, the INEC commissioner in Akure refuse to accept him.

“When I was to submit the second batch of the forms, signed by the state chairman of the PDP (with the judgment of the court saying that he should be the one to sign my nomination), the boy who took the form to the INEC office told me that INEC rejected the form,” Ibrahim said.

“I was shocked. I went to the INEC office and asked why they rejected the document. I waited for four hours. After four hours, I asked again what the problem was.

“I then asked for the legal department, where I met a female official. I saw the boy who rejected my form with her. The woman told me they would not receive the form. She said there was an error in the court judgment. I asked her how she knew that there was an error in the judgment when she had not even checked what we brought.

“I was shocked when she demanded $1m from me before she could accept the document. I thought it was a joke. I told her I won’t give out any money.”