The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has revealed the characters behind the attacks on the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said that some politicians and groups in the South East and South West are behind the attacks.
At the start of the investigative hearing of the House Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives probing the attacks on offices and the facilities of INEC on Friday, the Inspector General of Police made a revelation.
According to information gathered from Within Nigeria, the police are the lead agency in internal security and elections in Nigeria, and whatever happens, it is the duty of the police to protect here and there.
In the south-eastern part of the country, we have issues with the IPOB and ESN.
These groups want to stop elections in the south-eastern part of the country.
They have been killing our personnel.
They have been retrieving arms from members of the security agencies, not only the police.
Now that the embargo on campaigns has been lifted, they have been doing it.
They are putting a lot of pressure on the election to not hold in the south-eastern political zone.
The pro-Yoruba secessionists in the south-west are bent on succeeding and not allowing the election to take place in their areas.
Politicians and other stakeholders sponsor those ones.
There is an issue of failed and desperate politicians who are trying to stop the election.
The failed politicians can’t come back through any political parties, so let everything go.
They are sponsoring hoodlums and uneducated followers of the party to make sure that the general election doesn’t go well.
The politicians feel that since they can’t stop election reffing, they should sponsor hoodlums to make sure that the election doesn’t go well.
The IGP held a meeting with leaders of political parties on the 17th of November.
We talked about the fact that all political parties are free to go about their campaigns in all the states and that they should talk to their followers to stop the hooliganism.
