A former Controller-General of Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has warned that the conduct of Nigerias 2023 general elections could be seriously threatened by insecurity.
Babandede noted that there is a proliferation of small arms and light weapons all over the country, which according to him, could pose a challenge to the conduct of the polls.
2023 poll is in danger because there are a lot of small arms in circulation and it is very dangerous to democracy. INEC officers have been attacked, Boko Haram in the northeast, bandits in the Northwest, and IPOB in the southeast. It is a big problem, he said.
The former immigration boss who spoke on a television programme yesterday, also noted that money is becoming a problem for the countrys democratic process.
He said, Money is also a problem that will destroy our democracy because it affects leadership recruitment and without the right leaders, we cannot move forward.
