The Gambia’s electoral body has accused a civil society group, calling itself Operation No Illegal Voting, of impersonation. 

IEC claimed the group is impersonating election officials by conducting “illegal” voter sensitisation campaigns in the Upper River Region and West Coast Region respectively. 

“This group is urged to desist from such actions immediately failure of which legal action would be taken against them. 

“Impersonation is illegal and the Commission would not tolerate such,” IEC chairman Alieu Momarr Njai said in a statement.

“This group is impersonating as operating under the authority of the IEC. They wear T-Shirts bearing IEC logo and are purportedly engaging with Chiefs and Alkalolu warning them on electoral matters,” he added.

He said while the Commission recognises the role of civil society organisations, their activities must be within the confines of the laws of The Gambia, adding that only the Independent Electoral Commission is mandated by law to conduct voter education. 

Reporting by Adama Makasuba