- Insecurity may affect 2019 elections - Northern traditional rulers has claimed that Insecurity may affect 2019 elections
- The traditional rulers urged the federal government and the security agencies to tackle the security challenges
- They also urged politicians to avoid divisive tendencies
Ahead of 2019 general elections, the northern traditional Rulers’ Council says it is concerned about the security challenges in the country which may seriously affect the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
Consequently, they urged the federal government and the security agencies to tackle the security challenges, Daily Trust reports.
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“The rising wave of kidnapping and banditry, rising farmers-herders’ conflicts, resurgence of insurgency and other forms of criminalities that may seriously affect the conduct of the 2019 elections,” the council stated in a communique issued at the end of its 5th General Assembly.
The communique was signed by its coordinating committee’s chairman and Emir of Gummi Justice Lawal Hassan.
Going further, the council urged politicians to avoid divisive tendencies while also lamenting the use of innocent youths as political thugs.
They described the siuation as very sad and unfortunate.
The council also condemned the rising level of hate speech, bickering, do-or-die political campaigns, vote-buying and money politics and urged politicians to immediately change their tactics to those of honour and decorum in order to avoid the consequences of such act, the news outlet reported further.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that ahead of 2019 general elections, politicians in Nigeria have been urged to shun acts capable of causing tension in the country.
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The call was made on Wednesday, December 19, by traditional rulers of the 19 northern states at the Fifth General Assembly of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council in Kaduna state.
The meeting tagged ‘Pervasive Insecurity In An Election Year; Prospects And Challenges’, was also attended by the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yakubu Mahmood.
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