Attacks on INEC offices led by politicians — IGP

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Usman Baba, the Inspector General of Police, has said that recent assaults on INEC employees around the nation are the result of collusion between politicians and other well-known individuals.

The IG made this claim on Friday when he testified before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee looking into assaults on INEC assets nationwide. The IG was represented by the Deputy Inspector-General, Department of Operations, Dandaura Mustapha.

Similar to this, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, issued a warning that the general elections scheduled for 2023 may be derailed by the ongoing attacks on the electoral umpire’s property.

Baba stated, “Whatever happens, it is the job of the police to protect here and there.” Baba pointed out that the Nigeria Police Force, as the leading agency in internal security and elections generally, was always on the receiving end.

“The campaigns commenced and what we realised initially was inter and intra-party disputes. We realised that members of political parties were destroying billboards, posters and campaign offices in some parts of the states. We quickly alerted the commissioners of police in charge of the commands and gave them a clear directive that it is the right of every political party to go to all the nooks and crannies of society and campaign. It is a constitutional right, so on no account does a state governor or any state actor should prevent political parties from moving about to do their campaigns.

“We now come to the immediate attacks on INEC facilities. Of recent, the ones that took place in Osun and Ogun, then last week in Ebonyi, Imo and Enugu; it is a well known fact that in the South-East geopolitical zone, we have issues of secessionists – the IPOB and ESN. These groups are bent on stopping elections from taking place in the South-East. They have been attacking our personnel; they have been retrieving arms from members of the security agencies, not only the police but the military and other paramilitary organisations that are there. They have been doing it, especially now that the embargo on campaigns has been lifted.

“The election is approaching very fast and they are putting much pressure to see that this election does not hold in the South-East geopolitical zone.In the South-West, we equally have the pro-Yoruba secessionists that are equally bent on seceding and not allowing election to take place in their areas, hence the attack on INEC in Osun and Ogun of recent. Those ones are also sponsored by politicians and other stakeholders.”

The police chief also raised the problem of failing and hopeless politicians who are determined to prevent INEC from holding the elections.

“The failed politicians are those who could not come back through any political party, and as far as they are concerned, let everything spoil, let everything scatter. They are using that opportunity to sponsor illiterate followers of the parties and hoodlums to make sure that this general election does not hold and should not be successful,” Baba added.

The IG noted that on November 17, 2022, he met with INEC, leaders of the major political parties, and they all agreed that while political parties were free to conduct their campaigns in every state, they should speak with and urge their supporters to refrain from hooliganism. Baba remembered that he discussed the matter with all of the operational officers from the various security agencies.

On his side, the chairman of INEC said that the commission was a victim of attacks on its facilities and personnel across the nation, particularly in the South-East, as well as flooding during the rainy season.

Yakubu said, “The attacks have far-reaching implications on preparations for the general election. First, the facilities that are destroyed, especially offices, will take time to rebuild. They are not like items of procurement that you can procure off the shelf. So, an alternative arrangement has to be made. So, in some of the states, in addition to these malicious attacks, other matters that have arisen as a result of fire and flooding, we will have to make alternative arrangements by renting in some places we can find facilities to rent. In some of the remote areas, we may not find facilities to rent; so, we have to look for alternatives to the damaged facilities.

“Secondly, several materials lost will have to be replaced. In the recent attacks, some of the PVCs, for instance, were lost. But for the PVCs, we have instructed our state offices to send the Voter Identification Numbers of the PVCs lost so that we can reprint. We can from our database quickly regenerate and reprint the cards so that citizens are not disenfranchised.

“The commission and security agencies must also continue to provide safety around the facilities and this, as I said earlier, may be very challenging because the security agencies are also protecting all of us and other national assets. So, these attacks on our facilities are actually other challenges that our security agencies can do without. Now, we have to rebuild the facilities and our funds are overstretched by a number of factors. We cannot continue to replace and rebuild.”

Yakubu claims that the attack in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, which originally occurred on May 18, 2012, is much more concerning for INEC.

“We found the resources in our election project plan budget to rebuild the office and we did so. We rebuilt the office and our staff members moved in on Friday. That weekend, on Sunday, the office was burnt down again and there are five such offices nationwide where in spite of our best efforts, the facilities were attacked not once, but twice,” he added.

The head of INEC observed that five of the commission’s offices had been assaulted following their reconstruction.

Yakubu added, “We are determined that we will continue with our preparations for the 2023 general election. So far, all the facilities will be rebuilt or alternatives found and materials will be replaced. However, should such attacks continue at the pace at which they are happening at the moment, the commission may find it increasingly difficult to recover in time for the elections.

“If it is about stopping the attacks, yes, we can recover. But if the attacks continue, it will be very difficult for the commission to recover. That is why concerted efforts to stop these attacks have become imperative and we hope that this public hearing will contribute to the required outcome.”

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