The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, says security agencies are putting measures in place to provide secured environment for the conduct of Feb. 3 by/rerun elections nationwide.
Ribadu, represented by the Director of Internal Security in the Office of the NSA, Hassan Abdullahi, stated this at the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, ICCES, meeting on the elections on Tuesday in Abuja.
Ribadu said the security agencies were also working on measures that would uphold the integrity of the electoral processes.
“The President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, as always, posited that ability of security agencies to maintain law and order, protect lives, property and ensure safety of voters, electoral officials and candidates is fundamental to the integrity of the electoral process.
“Therefore, in future elections, particularly the forthcoming bye-elections and rerun elections, we must prevent and manage election related violence, intimidation and other security threats so as to uphold the credibility of the process.
“The office of the NSA and security agencies under the platform of ICCES will sustain collaboration with INEC to ensure that elections are conducted in secure and peaceful environment.
“In this regard, the coordination of security operations, deployment of personnel and adoption of proactive security measures will be paramount,” Ribadu said.
