The Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, says activities of terrorists and members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) constitute a major threat to the 2023 elections.
He said this while delivering a paper titled, “2023 Politics: National Security and Nigeria’s Stability” at the Blueprint Newspapers’ annual lecture in Abuja on Tuesday.
The former Chief of Army Staff was asked, “Would insecurity affect the 2023 elections?” and he responded, saying, “Surely it would, because some of the community would still be displaced and the terrorists would likely continue attacks on soft targets.
“INEC officials and ad-hoc staff would be highly apprehensive despite the assurance by the government to protect them. Access to polling units in border communities may pose some difficulties. This is one more reason why adequate security must be provided.”
Recent developments in the past have seen officials of the electoral commission being attacked by members of the IPOB on claims that elections would not be allowed to hold in the southeast while there has been increased insecurity in the North due to the activities of bandits.
