Yakubu said the attacks on the commission’s facilities should now be treated as a national security emergency.
“No doubt, the last few weeks have been very challenging to the commission. The spate of arson and vandalization targeting the commission’s facilities and property has become a major threat to our scheduled activities and the entire electoral process.
“In the last two years, the commission has recorded a total of 41 incidents involving deliberate attacks on the commission’s facilities. Nine of these incidents happened in 2019 and 21 cases in 2020.
“In the last four weeks, 11 offices of the commission were either set ablaze or vandalised. Two of these incidents were caused by Boko Haram and Bandit attacks, while 10 resulted from thuggery during election and post-election violence.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu PHOTO: NAN
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had recorded 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years. x
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
Yakubu said the attacks on the commission’s facilities should now be treated as a national security emergency.
“No doubt, the last few weeks have been very challenging to the commission. The spate of arson and vandalization targeting the commission’s facilities and property has become a major threat to our scheduled activities and the entire electoral process.
INEC CHAIRMAN, Professor Mahmood Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had recorded 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
Yakubu said the attacks on the commission’s facilities should now be treated as a national security emergency.
“No doubt, the last few weeks have been very challenging to the commission. The spate of arson and vandalization targeting the commission’s facilities and property has become a major threat to our scheduled activities and the entire electoral process.
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