INEC holds comprehensive review of 2023 general election with security agencies

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today, July 28, continued with its comprehensive review of the 2023 General Election with a meeting with the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).

The meeting, which was held at the Commission’s Conference Hall in Abuja, was chaired by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and has other Commission’s members in attendance.

In a memo posted on its social media handle, INEC pledged to focus on the forthcoming bye-elections and the three off-cycle governorship elections coming up in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States.

It also urged security agencies to maintain strict neutrality and take action against purveyors of violence and other undemocratic activities such as vote buying, attacks on election officials and disruption of the electoral process, like ballot box snatching.

The memo stated:

“As we review the conduct of the last general election, we also need to focus our attention on the forthcoming bye-elections and the three off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States.

“Campaigns in public in the three States commenced on 14th July 2023 and will continue until Thursday 9th November 2023 i.e. 24 hours to the opening of polls on Saturday 11th November 2023.

“Already, there are ominous signs in the form of violent clashes between opposing political parties and candidates.

“While maintaining strict neutrality, security agencies should take decisive action against purveyors of violence and other undemocratic activities such as vote buying, attacks on election officials and disruption of the electoral process.”

Nigerians, however, lambasted the electoral umpire for failing to ensure collation, transmission and announcement of results during the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. Read more.

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