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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the 2023 general elections witnessed diverse challenges, including misconduct by INEC officials and the deployment of thugs by some political actors. Yakubu disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the review of the elections, saying, “As you are aware, there were many challenges encountered before and during the elections. The severe cash and fuel situations were compounded by the perennial insecurity nationwide.

“The impact on our deployment plans, compounded by the behaviour of some of our own officials in the field, made logistics management particularly challenging. The deployment of thugs by some political actors made Election Day administration difficult in a number of places.” The INEC boss noted that since the 2019 general elections, the commission had worked together with the National Assembly, CSOs, and other stakeholders for the improvement of the electoral process.

 

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