The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has dismissed a registration officer who was caught charging members of the public to register as voters.
The registration officer together with his accomplice from the Zambia Police Service, have since been arrested by Police in Kasama.
This is according to a press release by ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna, in a statement to ZANIS, today.
The names officer admitted to have been asking eligible voters k20 to have them registered.
Mr. Akafuna has revealed that the Commission has also received a report from Luangwa district where a foreigner, believed to be a Mozambique national, attempted to obtain a voter’s card using a deceased person details.
He said the man is arrested after alert registration officers noticed that the portrait on the voter register was different from the person who presented himself upon verification.
He said police have arrested the suspect and the brother of the deceased voter who are expected to appear in court soon.
Mr Akufuna has remainded the general public that the only requirement for one to register as a voter is to be 18 years and above and possess of green national registration card.
The ECZ has appealed to members of the public to report any voter registration malpractices to the police.
PF at work selling voters cards
Its Unfair, They should not have been dismissed. Kaizer has been charging to see the messiah of Zambia, LUUUUNGOO and he still has his jobs and the hungry people only charged for a service which involved some labour. Life is rough, They should have sold the entire organisation. They would have been free. Zambia forward
Is there any connection between the words ‘officerf’ and ‘officer’? The only reason I’m asking is, there seem to be a strangely close resemblance between the two words.