UK and US Express Concern Over Attack on INEC Office

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The United Kingdom and the United States have expressed concern over the recent attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission across the country.

UK Development Director, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Chris Pycroft, and US Consul General, Will Stevens, warned that this portends grave danger to the 2023 elections.

Pycroft noted that the survival of democracy in Nigeria is critical to Africa and the world at large.

Last week, INEC offices in Ogun and Osun states were torched by unknown persons.

Written by: Helen Obih

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