The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it suffered 50 attacks on its offices across the country between 2019 and 2022.
He added, “18 political parties are fielding a total of 15,333 candidates for all the elections on offer and we are talking about 1,491 constituencies where elections will be conducted.
He disclosed that the commission is not interested in the ethnic or religious backgrounds of registrants but in strengthening democracy.
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