The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for a framework and collaborative efforts to tackle electoral fraud and improve the credibility of the electoral process. ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye made this call at a National Policy Dialogue on Eradicating Electoral Corruption with focus on vote buying held on Tuesday, 16th April 2019 in Keffi, Nasarawa State. Speaking on vote buying, he said: “It delegitimizes the outcome of elections, breeds corruption and creates a sense in political office holders that they purchased power and are therefore, not accountable to the people.” He further underscored the importance of policies and strategies for cleansing the electoral process and the need for devolution of enforcement machinery under the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). He noted that INEC could not on its own prosecute electoral offenders even though the Electoral Act empowers it to do so; hence, the availability of anti-corruption agencies to support INEC. However, to achieve this, the legal framework allowing only INEC to prosecute electoral offenders needs to be broadened to accommodate other enforcement agencies. Speaking on behalf of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, an INEC National Commissioner, recommended the establishment of an Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal empowered exclusively to arrest, investigate and prosecute electoral offenders, underscoring that section 150 of the Electoral Act which empowers INEC to prosecute electoral offenders cannot “break the cycle of impunity that exists within the electoral process”, therefore presenting the need for a separate agency to take on the task.