Operatives of IPOB's Eastern Security Network in an unknown forest
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Former Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Danbazau said, banditry activities in the North and that of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) constitutes danger to the 2023 general election.
He stated this at the Blueprint Newspapers’ annual lecture in Abuja on Tuesday.
The retired Army general questioned: “Would insecurity affect the 2023 elections?” before responding that,
“Surely it would, because some of the community would still be displaced and the terrorists would likely continue attacks on soft targets.
“INEC officials and ad-hoc staff would be highly apprehensive despite the assurance by the government to protect them. Access to polling units in border communities may pose some difficulties. This is one more reason why adequate security must be provided.”
Over the years, Nigeria has been struggling with insecurity rising from terrorism in the North East, banditry in the North West and kidnapping for ransom in the North Central as well as Fulani attacks leading to killings.
Terrorists have almost taken over ungoverned spaces or forests all over the country with serious attacks on citizens daily.
Lately, Security agents are recording successes after President Muhammadu Buhari has given them an order to crush terrorists withouts mercy.
