- Pix above: Malam Nuhu Ribadu, NSA
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The Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has assured voters and residents of Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo of adequate security during Saturday’s governirship elections.
Ribadu gave the assurance in a statement by the Head, Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser, Zakari Mijinyawa, on Friday in Abuja.
He warned political actors to shun violence and charged security agencies to adhere to operational code of conduct and professional ethics during the exercise.
According to him, security agencies have made adequate preparations for safe, secure and transparent elections, in line with the directive of President Bola Tinubu.
The NSA, who is the Co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, therefore, charged all security, intelligence and law enforcement officers deployed for election security duties to conduct themselves creditably.
He said that the Federal Government had mobilised all the required resources for the smooth conduct of the elections and called on all election managers to adhere strictly to the instruction given by the President.
Ribadu further said that a monitoring system had been deployed to the field to collate any evidence of violence and irregularities.
He vowed that there would be severe consequence on anyone found to have disrupted the conduct of the elections or abused his authority.
The NSA urged voters in the three states to come out en masse to exercise their franchise, assuring them of adequate protection. (NAN)
…As anti-corruption commission (ICPC) deploys operatives to Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi to monitor election against vote-buying
Meanwhile, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has warned against acts of electoral corruption in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi off-cycle elections.
–ICPC operatives in action
This was as the Commission also disclosed the deployment of its operatives to monitor the upcoming governorship elections in the states scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023.
According to a statement issued by the ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua on Thursday, it was revealed that the Commission’s operatives have been deployed to the 56 local government areas and 649 wards to monitor and prevent vote buying and other electoral malpractices at the various polling units during the electoral exercise.
The Commission disclosed that the monitoring exercise was a response to the invitation by the Chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for ICPC to participate in ensuring that the electoral processes in these three states were free and fair.
While addressing operatives before their deployment, the Commission’s Head of Special Duty Division (SDD), Alex Chukwura, called on operatives to collaborate with the Military, Police, Department of State Security (DSS), other security agencies, and INEC to ensure that the elections were conducted free and fair.
He charged operatives to strictly adhere to the ICPC guidelines for monitoring elections, adding that “officers should always act with discipline and imbibe the spirit of integrity while on the field, staying close to each other and working as a team to achieve the desired goal.”
Officers were advised to take necessary actions against perpetrators of any acts of corruption by the law, no matter their social status in the election processes.
Voters in the three states aforementioned were charged to go out on election day and perform their civic responsibilities while avoiding any act that could lead to electoral and other related offences. ./SHARE THIS
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