INEC Chairman, Professor MAHMOUD YAKUBU who spoke during an expanded inter-agency consultative meeting with the committee on elections security in Abuja stressed that a lot of attention was given to numbers rather than setting priorities on strategic deployment.
The INEC Chairman stated that the same approach was adopted during the Kogi and Bayelsa states election, and urged the security chiefs to rethink the strategies in ensuring a peaceful election period.
YAKUBU announced that hence forth, election will not commence in areas where security of INEC staff are threatened.
On his part the Inspector-General of Police, MOHAMMED ADAMU warned that anyone who tries to compromise the electoral system during the January 25 re-run Elections in some states will be made a scapegoat.
The meeting had representatives of the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air staff and other security agencies in attendance.
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