Connect with us

2023 Election

2023 Elections: CSO Reveals Lagos, Kogi, Kano, Five Others As States Susceptible To Vote Buying, Violence

Published

on

at

'Why 2023 Elections May Not Hold In Nigeria'

A civil society group, Speak Out Africa has identified eight states as high-risk states for violence, vote-buying, and voters suppression.

According to the group, states such as Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Delta, Rivers, Abia and Ebonyi might suffer the aforementioned predicament.

The Executive Director of the group, Kenneth Eze stated this on Thursday during a briefing with journalists in Abuja.

He explained that it had deployed 1,405 election radar officers across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Eze noted that security agencies must keep track of desperate politicians trying to undermine the electoral process.

“We must not lose sight of desperate and unpopular political actors who resort to instigating violence to undermine the electoral process. We have seen hate speeches, abuse of political opponents, and attacks that have heightened the political space.

“Through our violence incidence tracker, we wish to alert the security agencies to place an eye on the following states as there is the likelihood of undemocratic actions to be carried out which are proponents of violence. Such states are Lagos as a HIGH-RISK state,” he said.

He stated that Rivers, Delta, Kano, Kaduna and Kogi states have a high risk of political skirmishes, vote buying, violence and other activities to compromise the forthcoming election.

However, Eze added that Benue, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Anambra, and Enugu are low-risk states requiring attention from security agencies.