The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has ordered security agencies to breast up and be fully prepared to forestall any possible threat capable of undermining the smooth conduct of the forthcoming general elections.
Monguno read the Riots Act during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, (ICCES), involving the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, on Friday.
Represented by Sanusi Galadima, the National Security Adviser however claimed that the security agencies were abreast of the security situation ahead of the Ekiti and Osun States.
“The Federal Government is fully in their support, and all other logistics and other issues concerning the election will be provided”, he stated.
Earlier in his remarks, INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, had urged ICCES to continue to play a critical role in the sensitisation against vote-buying, inclusivity measures and, above all, security.
“Going forward, the Commission will focus on election administration: logistics, training, voter education, technology, sensitisation against vote-buying, inclusivity measures and, above all, security. ICCES will continue to play a critical role and the Commission appreciates the support of all security agencies”, he charged.
