The All Progressives Congress, APC, Senators have insisted that the
security chiefs should be summoned to appear before the Senate to give
details on the security situation in the country as it concerns the
forthcoming general elections.
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, had before shifting the February 14 Presidential
and National Assembly elections said the service chiefs had told him
that they would not guarantee security for the polls.
Jega also on Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate to explain
the level of preparedness of his commission to the elections
re-scheduled for March 28 said that INEC was ready for the polls but
refused to confirm the sanctity of the election dates, saying it was the
responsibility of the security chiefs to determine that.
Speaking to Vanguard in Abuja, Chairman, Senate Committee on
Environment and Ecology, Senator Bokola Saraki, said INEC had given all
the necessary assurances of it readiness to conduct the election on the
scheduled date and that the security concerned as raised by the INEC
boss was left for the security chiefs to also explain the security
situation in the country, especially the states that had witnessed
insurgency.
Saraki said that it was the responsibility of the leadership of the
Senate to summon the security chiefs to appear at the plenary to also
explain efforts made to ensure adequate security before, during and
after the elections.
He said: “So next week, we wish the leadership will do the right
thing. I think the only best person that should tell us the true
situation is the service chiefs. The service chiefs will come before us
to clear these issues; I think that is the best thing that has to
happen.”
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