INEC To Meet Parties Over Electoral Act Violations, Attacks On Opponents

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has summoned political party leaders in response to the outbreak of violence that has marred the campaigns for the 2023 general elections.

Next week, the election umpire will meet with key party stakeholders to discuss the troubling situation.

The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the training of master trainers on election technology for the 2023 general elections.

Yakubu averred that the clashes between opposing parties and their supporters during the ongoing campaigns across the country are worrisome and therefore summoned the party leaders.

Yakubu’s alarm is coming barely three weeks after the signing of the peace accord by political parties and their presidential candidates, championed by the National Peace Committee (NPC).

There have been recorded clashes between members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and Labour Party (LP) in some states.

“Even as the commission is working hard to ensure a credible process in the forthcoming elections, reports of clashes among parties and their supporters in some states of the country during the ongoing electioneering campaign are worrisome.

“So too is the reported denial of access to public facilities for parties and candidates in some states of the federation. Let me caution parties and their supporters to focus on issues and steer clear of attacks on each other.

“These are not only violations of the Electoral Act 2022 but also negate the voluntary commitment by all political parties and candidates to the letter and spirit of the peace accord signed about three weeks ago under the auspices of the NPC,” Yakubu said.

He also warned that parties, candidates and their supporters should not, by acts of commission or omission, further complicate the prevailing security situation in the country.

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