BREAKING: INEC reveals why the 2023 general elections may be canceled

• Growing insecurity in Nigeria may cause 2023 general election to be canceled or postponed, INEC has sounded the alarm
• INEC President Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning on Monday, January 9 in Abuja at the Validation of Election Security Training Resources.
• However, Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, speaking on behalf of the INEC chief, said the NSA has assured the nation that a conducive environment for the polls will be provided.

FCT, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that the 2023 general elections face a serious threat of cancellation if waves of insecurity in parts of the country do not improve.

INEC President Prof. Mahmood Yakubu gave the warning on Monday, January 9 in Abuja at the Validation of Election Security Training Resources.

daily trust reported that Professor Yakubu was represented by the Chairman of the Board of the Electoral Institute (EIB), Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru.

“Furthermore, if insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections in enough constituencies to make it difficult to announce election results and precipitate a constitutional crisis. This must not be allowed to happen and must not be allowed to happen,” the INEC chief said.

“Therefore, security personnel in particular and all election officials in general need to be security conscious and alert to unusual activities in their environment and must be fully equipped to deal with any challenge at all times,” Yakubu said.

Elections 2023: INEC gives guarantees

Despite the security threats, INEC assured Nigerians that it would leave nothing to chance to ensure extensive and intensive security is provided for electoral personnel, materials and processes.

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“We all appreciate the fact that electoral security is vital for democratic consolidation by providing an enabling environment for holding free, fair, credible and inclusive elections and, therefore, for strengthening the electoral process,” said the Professor Mahmood.

“Accordingly, in the preparations for the 2023 general election, the commission leaves nothing to chance to ensure that extensive and intensive security is provided for electoral personnel, materials and processes.

“This is particularly significant to the commission given the ongoing security challenges in various parts of the country and the fact that members of the National Youth Service Corps make up the core of the voting unit’s election officials.

“This must not be allowed to happen and it will not be allowed to happen.

“Therefore, security personnel in particular and all election officials in general must be security conscious and alert to unusual activities in their environment and must be fully equipped to deal with any challenge at all times.”

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2023 general election: what security chiefs said

Prof. Zurusaid said that the National Security Adviser (NSA), General Mohammed Babagana Monguno (retired), and the president of INEC have jointly assured the nation that an enabling environment will be provided for the successful conduct of the general elections of 2023.

He also said that there is a new Electoral Legal Framework that will guide the 2023 elections as a result of the promulgation of the 2022 Electoral Law that prompted the revision of the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of INEC 2022 Elections.

“The Hon. INEC President has jointly assured the nation that the BVAS and the IReV will deploy during the 2023 General Elections,” he said.

DSS discusses alleged move to arrest INEC president ahead of 2023 general election

In another report, the Department of State Services (DSS) clarified that it did not take Professor Mahmood Yakubu, president of INEC, to court.

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Secret police spokesman Peter Afunanya said this while reacting to reports about a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court (FCT) order that prevented security agencies, including the DSS, from arresting Yakubu.

Let us remember that magistrate MA Hassan, on Wednesday, January 4, rejected the request for dismissal of the president of the INEC for an alleged false patrimonial declaration.

Source: Legit.ng