The request was made in Abuja yesterday, during an expert meeting on conducting Nigeria’s 2023 general election in a volatile security environment. They also urged the government to ensure a secured and peaceful environment ahead of the general election. In his address, INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said the meeting is relevant because of the volatile security situation in some parts of the country and its implications on the forthcoming elections. “It is timely because the election is fast approaching but there is still time to address the security concerns ahead of the election and I believe that arising from the shared experience of participants at this meeting, specific recommendations will be made to further enrich our understanding of the security issues in the forthcoming election”

Yakubu commended CDD for providing a platform by bringing together experts, senior security officials, and the INEC leadership to share experiences and discuss security

concerns ahead of the 2023 general election. The director of CDD, Idayat Hassan said the meeting was held against the background of the different insecurity plaguing the country, ranging from the separatist agitation in the Southeast, the banditry and Jihadists in the northwest, and the Boko Haram insurgency that is still raging in the North East itself.