President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, said his administration had no third term agenda and would do its best to ensure elections held across the country (in 2023) despite increasing violence.
The President made the comments after receiving the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu and other electoral commissioners at the State House in Abuja.
INEC facilities across the country had been recently attacked.
In the last four weeks, 11 offices of the commission had been either set ablaze or vandalized, according to INEC chair, Professor Yakubu.
“I received a briefing today from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the series of attacks on their facilities nationwide,” Buhari said.
“These attacks are totally unacceptable, and we will not allow those behind them to achieve their evil objectives.
“I have assured INEC that we will make available to them everything they need to operate efficiently, so that no one will say we don’t want to go, or that we want a third term. There will be no excuse for failure. We will meet all of INEC’s demands.”
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