INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the 2023 elections will take place according to the scheduled time frame.
He stated this on Friday while meeting the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating attacks on INEC facilities.
He revealed that the commission has suffered a total of 50 attacks in 15 States between 2019 and 2022 (8 in 2019; 22 in 2020; 12 in 2021 and 8 so far in 2022).
The Chairman urged Security agencies to designate INEC facilities as high priority and called for a speedy actions on the establishment of Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal.
️"Electoral Offenders are hardly punished. NASS should expedite action on establishing Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal", he noted.
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