The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has summoned an emergency security meeting following worrisome attacks on its offices in some parts of the country.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja.
The INEC National Commissioner said security agencies have been alerted and investigation had commenced into the worrisome attacks.
“With just 106 days to the 2023 General Election when the Commission has commenced the movement of materials to our offices nationwide, these simultaneous attacks are very worrisome indeed,” he said.
Okoye also said the commission has convened an emergency meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for Friday, November 11, 2023 to discuss the “disturbing trend” of political violence.
“The rising incidents of attacks on supporters of various political parties since the commencement of campaign barely two months ago and the use of hate and incendiary language by some politicians are extremely disturbing,” he lamented.