Osun Defender
16 March 2011
Following the renewed threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) to bomb campaign rallies in Lagos and Abuja and oil facilities in the Niger Delta, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday met with security agencies to adopt new measures that would effectively check violence and other electoral offences.
Speaking at a one-day forum on the role of civil society groups, the media and police in preventing and mitigating election-related conflicts jointly organised by INEC, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Abuja, INEC Chairman, Prof, Attahiru Jega, said the commission was collaborating with security agencies to ensure that enough personnel were deployed to apprehend and prosecute violators of the Electoral Act.
“We have been able to hold collaborative discussions with all the security agencies to be able to define specific roles each agency will play during the elections.
“We are deploying adequate security agencies to be able to apprehend and prosecute offenders. INEC is also considering meeting with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) so that it can assist the commission in prosecuting electoral offenders,” he said.
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