The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of 2023 general
election.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this on Monday when he
received a delegation from the African Union special pre-electoral political
mission in Abuja.
In recent weeks, INEC offices in Osun, Ogun, and Ebonyi were
set ablaze, with thousands of permanent voter cards (PVCs), ballot boxes, and
other election materials destroyed.
Speaking on Monday, Yakubu assured Nigerians that INEC would
replace the damaged election materials ahead of the election.
“In the last three
weeks, three of our local government area offices were attacked in three
different states of the federation, and the last one occurred yesterday in the
south-eastern part of the country,” he said.
“Although there were no casualties, quite a number of the
materials already acquired and delivered for the elections have been lost.
“Now, the good thing is that so far, we can recover from all
the losses but it’s a source of concern. This shouldn’t be allowed to continue.
“So, we will continue
to engage with the security agencies to make sure that these offices as well as
personnel and our facilities are protected ahead of the election.
“We may express some concern about the attack on these
facilities, but it will never deter the commission from going ahead with the
election as scheduled.”
Yakubu said INEC may suffer hitches , but it is better
prepared for the 2023 general election.
“We are required to proceed in the manner that the law requires
us to do using the deployment of technology for the purpose of accreditation
and uploading of polling unit level result from the PU on election day for
transparency,” he said.
“The good thing is
that since we started this process, we hear less and less of litigation arising
from the conduct of elections by the commission.
“Now, we have more litigations arising from the conduct of
primaries by political parties rather than the main election conducted by the
commission.”
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