2023: Labour Party Reacts To INEC’s Alarm About Threatened Polls, Urges Commission Not To Fear

The Labour Party has reacted to the alarm raised by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on how next month’s polls are threatened due to the state of insecurity in most parts of the country.

Naija News reports that the party told Vanguard that the attacks on INEC facilities were clearly orchestrated by persons who were afraid of a free and fair electoral process.

The party’s Chief Spokesperson, Dr. Tanko Yusuf said all INEC facilities across the federation required extra vigilance, which is the eternal price to pay for the country’s liberty.

According to him,  INEC and Nigerians as a whole should not give in to the threats by persons and political parties who want to frustrate the nation’s march towards a better society by thwarting the forthcoming general election.

Tanko was reacting to the alarm raised by the INEC boss that the insecurity ravaging the country might pose a threat to the cancellation or postponement of the forthcoming polls.

However, Tanko said , “The threat posed to our electoral process by these people who have been attacking INEC offices and facilities is a clear call for vigilance which is the eternal price to pay for our liberty.

“We urge INEC, the security forces and the generality of Nigerians not to give in to these cowards who are desperate to cause a constitutional crisis because they already know they can’t win in a free, fair and credible electoral process.

“We call on all lovers of democracy at home and abroad to resist plot to cling onto power by a rejected cabal who have held Nigeria and Nigerians hostage since independence.

“It is time for our security agencies to up their game by arresting and exposing these enemies of Nigeria and their sponsors.

“Nigeria must survive, our citizens deserve better managers of our security and economy and the Labour Party has the road map as is being laid bare by our Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”