The United States has raised
concern over the handling of security in the elections, starting in February.
David Young, a representative of
the US embassy in Nigeria, said this during a meeting with officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the commission’s
headquarters in Abuja.
“One of the concerns is about the
neutrality of the security services. For us, it is very important that the
security services provide for the election security, the safety of the process
of the election in a way that doesn’t interfere with people getting to the
polls, civil society monitors, election observers who have access to observe
the process freely,” he said.
He said the US government is
supporting INEC and the work it is doing.
He also added that he hoped that
Mohammed Adamu the new inspector-general of police (IGP), would cooperate and
give the necessary support.
On the other hand, Ketil Karlsen,
European Union (EU) ambassador to Nigeria, said the EU was meeting with INEC to
get updates on the preparations for the election.
“Our only real mission here is
for Nigeria to succeed in having fee, fair transparent and credible elections,”
he said.
“We want to be briefed by you on
the preparation for the election. We already have long term observers.”
Catriona Laing, British high
commissioner to Nigeria, also said they will support INEC to deliver credible
election.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, responded
that the electoral body will not disappoint the international community.
“We have concluded and published
the guideline, we have finalised the manual for the election to be used for
training staff for the election. We are recruiting as hoc staff and will soon
start training them. We are aware the election is going to be an intense media
event,” he said.
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