Section 127 Electoral Act 2026

Section 127 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Wrongful voting and false statements. It provides as follows:

Any person who —
(a) votes at an election or induces or procures any person to vote at an election, knowing that he or she or such person is prohibited from voting at the election;

(b) before or during an election, publishes any statement of the withdrawal of a candidate at such election knowing it to be false or reckless as to its truth or falsity; or

(c) before or during an election publishes any statement as to the personal character or conduct of a candidate calculated to prejudice the chance of election of the candidate or to promote or procure the election of
another candidate and such statement is false and was published
without reasonable grounds for belief by the person publishing it that
the statement is true, commits, an offence and is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of ₦200,000 or imprisonment for a term of six months or both.

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