Section 52: Requirement of secrecy.

(1) Every Electoral Officer, Assistant Electoral Rrequirement Officer, Returning Officer, Assistant Returning Officer, Presiding Officer, Poll Clerk, Assistant Poll Clerk and any officer or officers (by whatever name called) appointed under paragraph 4 of the Third Schedule to this Act concerned in the conduct of an election, and every Counting Agent, Polling Agent or candidate in attendance at a polling station or place of voting, or at the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting.
(2) No such officer, agent or candidate shall, except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate before the poll is closed to any person any information as to the name or number on the register of voters of any voter who has or has not voted at the place of voting.
(3) No person shall-
(a) interfere with any voter when recording his vote; or
(b) otherwise obtain or attempt to obtain in the place of voting, information as to the candidate for whom a voter in that place is about to vote or has voted; or
(c) communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in a place of voting as to the candidate for whom a voter in that place is about to vote or has voted.
(4) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding N500 or to both such imprisonment and fine.