It is less than 100 days to the 2023 elections and we are witnessing repeated attacks on INEC facilities in some parts of the country. It is more worrisome
Chairman, Mahmud Yakubu held an emergency meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security . This followed cases of arson at the INEC offices in Ogun and Osun States which led to the loss of 904 election boxes and 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voter Cards . With critical infrastructure of the commission increasingly being targeted, recent attacks appear like a systematic assault meant to cripple INEC operations ahead of the 2023 general election.
In furtherance to this, the House constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the attacks on INEC offices. The ad-hoc committee chaired by Taiwo Oluga, is expected to submit its report within three weeks for more legislative actions. This followed the adoption of a motion by Olarewaju Ibrahim Kunle on “Need to Condemn Attacks on Offices and Facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission ,” on Wednesday’s plenary.
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