Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 22 - Offences of buying and selling voters' cards

Any person who -

(a) is in unlawful possession of any voter’s card whether issued in the name of any voter or not,

(b) sells or attempts to sell or offers to sell any voter’s card whether issued in the name of any voter or not, or

(c) buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell votes whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N5,000,000 or imprisonment to a term of not less than two years or both, and shall not be eligible to stand for election in Nigeria for a period of at least 10 years.

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