Laraba MUREY
A group known as Press Release Nigeria has drawn the attention of security agencies to criminal activities that could disrupt the 2023 general elections.
The group, in a report released on Wednesday in Abuja, called on stakeholders and security agencies to be proactive in tackling and eliminating any violent threat.
The report christened “2023 election: SWOT analysis of major presidential candidates and security matters,” provided comprehensive information on leading presidential candidates such as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC, Alh. Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the NNPP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Omoyele Sowore of AAC.
Speaking at the presentation of the report, the Deputy Editor, PRNigeria, Abdulsalam Mahmud, said the SWOT Analysis of the five major presidential candidates, is to ensure relevant security agencies are informed about the candidates’ profiles and how their participation in the electoral process can affect the country’s fragile peace and unity, in the next few days, months and even years ahead.
Similarly, another report presented by Staff Writer of Emergency Digest, Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi, noted that current insecurity volatility in Nigeria with regards to cases of criminal activities like kidnapping, terrorism, and violent separatist agitations.
It added that in the last couple of weeks, cases of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, politically motivated attacks, and violence have spiraled across the country just as we are approaching the 2023 polls
It provides information on the current insecurity volatility in Nigeria Regarding cases of criminal activities like kidnapping, terrorism, and violent separatist agitations among others.
The report projected that vote-buying may occur during the election, disturbing ethnocentric and religious sentiments in political campaigns have further created fear of potential violence during and after the election, and assumption that the outcome of most elections are predetermined, voter apathy may still be an issue in some places.
It stressed the need for individual communities to support the government in launching sensitization campaigns and advocacies on tolerance and peaceful co-existence through appropriate communication channels.
