President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday rubbished insinuations that he is aiming to capitalise on the insecurity across the country to run for a third term in 2023.
The president assured that he will do his best to ensure elections hold across the country despite increasing violence.
Buhari made the comment after receiving the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and other electoral commissioners at the State House in Abuja.
INEC facilities across the country have recently come under attack.
In the last four weeks, 11 offices of the commission have been either set ablaze or vandalized, according to INEC chief, Professor Yakubu.
But in reaction, Buhari said, “I received a briefing today from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the series of attacks on their facilities nationwide,” Buhari said.
“These attacks are totally unacceptable, and we will not allow those behind them to achieve their evil objectives.
“I have assured INEC that we will make available to them everything they need to operate efficiently, so that no one will say we don’t want to go, or that we want a third term. There will be no excuse for failure. We will meet all of INEC’s demands.”
