Former Director, Department of State Service, Mike Ejiofor, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to take a decisive action against political parties such as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the national coalition party, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for starting campaigns two years before the election.
He warned that over 80 percent of the country’s security challenges were politically motivated, and lamented that politicians were at it again with campaigns and endorsement of candidates when the election is still almost 2 years to go.
Ejiofor called on the Tinubu administration to focus on governance instead of being in the middle of 2027 politics.
Speaking in an interview on Arise News, Ejiofor said, “Every well-meaning Nigerian, every patriotic Nigeria should be worried about this political development of campaigns two years before the election.
“We have a lot of security challenges facing us, and our security agencies are trying to contain these issues.
“But if you look at all these political alignments, realignment, movements and movements, you know, coalitions, these are posing threats to our national security.
“And like I’ve always maintained, over 80% of our security challenges are politically motivated, and the politicians are at it again.
“I believe that the government should, on its own, concentrate on governance now, it’s too early in the day for all the political parties to be campaigning, forming alignments, endorsing candidates.”
He added that, “ADC has three aspirants already; APC will be endorsing the president. The Labour Party is in disarray. And all these things are challenges that, if not checked…I was happy this morning when I read in the papers that INEC…but I expected it to have come earlier, has warned political parties of their conduct.
“It is not sufficient to warn them, they must take action to stop them from all these activities that are likely going to cause a lot of security problems for our security agencies.”