Section 132 Electoral Act 2026

Section 132 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Threatening. It provides as follows:

Any person who —
(a) directly or indirectly, by himself or by another person on his or her behalf, makes use of or threatens to make use of any force, violence or restrain;

(b) inflicts or threatens to inflict by himself or by any other person, any minor or serious injury, damage, harm or loss on or against a person in order to induce or compel that person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting;

(c) by abduction, duress, or a fraudulent device or contrivance, impedes or prevents the free use of the vote by a voter or thereby compels, induces, or prevails on a voter to give or refrain from giving his vote;
or

(d) prevents any political aspirant from free use of the media, designated vehicles, mobilisation of political support and campaign at an election; commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ₦2,000,000 or imprisonment for a term of three years.

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