Section 116: Polling day offences

(1) No person shall, on the date or dates upon which a poll is taken in an election in respect of a Governorship and Legislative House-
(a) convene, hold or attend any public meeting in that constituency ;
(b) operate any megaphone, amplifier or public address apparatus in that constituency for the purpose of making announcements concerning the election :
provided that this paragraph shall not apply to the operation of any such apparatus, by an officer appointed under this Decree, for the purpose of making official announcements relating to the election.
(2) No person shall on the date or dates on which a poll is taken at any polling station commit any of the following acts within the polling station or in any public or private place within a distance of two hundred metres of the polling zone or station-
(a) canvassing for votes ;
(b) soliciting the vote of any voter ;
(c) persuading any voter to vote for a particular candidate ;
(d) persuading any voter not to vote at the election ;
(e) wearing, exhibiting or tendering any notice, sign, token, symbol, slogan, badge, photograph or party card referring to the election; or
(f) shouting slogans concerning the election.
(3) No candidate or other person with the connivance of a candidate shall, whether on payment or otherwise, use, hire or procure any vessel or vehicle for the conveyance of any voter (other than the candidate himself or his agent) to or from any polling station.
(4) No person shall bring alcoholic liquor into a polling station or a place being used for the counting of votes or shall consume alcoholic liquor in any such place.
(5) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsections (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment and shall in addition be disqualified to vote or contest for elective office or post for a period of 5 years beginning from the date of his conviction.