If the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that the 2023 general election, which is just over a month away, faces a severe threat of cancellation if the waves of insecurity in parts of the country fail to improve. The nation’s electoral body also stressed that this must not be allowed to happen.
INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who was represented by the chairman, of the Board of Electoral Institute (BEI), Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the Validation of Election Security Training Resources. He said, “We all appreciate that election security is vital to democratic consolidation through the provision of enabling environment for the conduct of free, fair, credible and inclusive elections and thus strengthening the electoral process. Consequently, in preparations for the 2023 general elections, the commission is not leaving anything to chance in ensuring that intensive and extensive security is provided for election personnel, materials, and processes