Vote Buying & Voter Inducement Tracker
Published reports of cash, food, transport money and gifts handed to voters or delegates. Every entry links to the article it comes from and is attributed to that outlet. An entry counts toward the figures below only after a reviewer has checked it against the source. These are reported allegations, not findings that any law was broken.
Buying or offering to buy, or selling or offering to sell, votes.
Penalty: Fine of not less than ₦5m, imprisonment of not less than 2 years, or both, and disqualification from contesting for at least 10 years.
Bribery and conspiracy in connection with an election.
Heading confirmed in the gazette. Penalty wording not yet confirmed: secondary sources disagree.
Summaries are paraphrased; follow the link for the gazetted text. Whether an offence occurred is for INEC, the police and the courts to decide.
Reviewed reports
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Witnessed an inducement?
Record what you saw (date, place, what was handed out) and submit it as a field report. Submissions are reviewed before they appear. You can also report directly to the authorities.
Figures are estimates built from published reporting and a cost model. They are not findings that any law was broken. Each figure links to its source. To report an error, use the correction link on the page. Legal reference: Electoral Act 2026, s.22(c) ↗. See the methodology for how items are reviewed. Corrections and right of reply: igatajohn15@gmail.com.