ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not ready to give Nigerians a fair and free election come 2023.
This is following the series of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).
The human rights group also accused the security agencies of not showing a great level of complacency in the incessant attacks on INEC facilities.
The group further described as shameful the lack of arrest and prosecution of suspects of the attacks by the security agencies in the country.
The National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement on Saturday alleged that the President has not shown any readiness to bequeath free, fair, credible and peaceful elections in 2023 as against his many promises.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu had recently said the upcoming general elections are in danger if the incessant attacks on the commission’s offices and facilities continue unabated.
Recently, the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, said that the attacks were being carried out by some unscrupulous individuals sponsored by politicians who want to ascend political power by all means.
However, HURIWA insisted that the government of “Buhari is to be blamed for the continued attacks on INEC offices.
“The government has refused to arrest or even prosecute any of the suspected attackers let alone punish them through the courts to serve as deterrents to desperate and violent-inclined politicians.”
According to the group, the government has failed to stop non-state actors from moving around with sophisticated arms and weapons of mass destruction.
The rights advocacy group also berated President Buhari for failing to sack the National Security Adviser, NSA, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba, the Comptroller General of customs Services and the heads of the other security agencies who, according to them, are not living up to the expectations of many Nigerians.