Ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno
, have warned politicians and their supporters against causing mayhem that might disrupt the smooth conduct of the polls.
The duo gave the warning, yesterday, during the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja. His words: “ Governorship elections will hold in 28 states. Governorship elections in eight states are held off-cycle and therefore not conducted during the general elections. However, elections will be conducted for all the 993 state constituencies nationwide.
On his part, Monguno urged politicians, especially at the state level to demonstrate equal level of maturity and discipline by calling their supporters to conduct themselves in a peaceful manner. But commenting on the concerns during an Arise TV interview yesterday, Igini said it was incorrect to say BVAS failed. He said findings from an ongoing review of previous elections showed that the BVAS significantly reduced exaggerated figures from being uploaded.
The British envoy made the declaration at the Senate wing of the National Assembly, yesterday, while fielding questions from journalists after a courtesy call on the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
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