Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says his principal, Muhammadu Buhari, is not interested in running for a third-term in 2023.
Shehu also said the burning of police stations and offices
of the Independent National Electoral Commission won’t stop the 2023 general
elections.
The Presidential aide spoke on Tuesday while featuring on an
Arise TV programme.
He said, “It is very disturbing that INEC and police offices
are being set ablaze in parts of the country by anarchists. I believe the law
enforcement agents are sufficient enough to deal with them.
“Does anybody want to stop election in 2023? President
Buhari is not interested in third term; he is not cut out for that. So, there
will be election in 2023 and we will get there, God willing.”
Attacks on INEC offices especially in the South-East and in
the South-South regions have been concerning of late with the chairman of the
electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, describing the situation as a national
emergency.
Some analysts have linked the attacks on INEC offices and
police stations in the two geopolitical zones to the agitation for Biafra Republic
by secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra led by Nnamdi Kanu, but
the IPOB leader has since denied the allegation.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has since
inaugurated various special squads to combat the menace, yet, daring hoodlums
whose identities remain faceless continue to desecrate Nigeria’s electoral
sanctity by razing INEC offices, while killing scores of policemen.
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