Former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take decisive action against political parties, such as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), for commencing campaigns two years before the election.
Naijaonpoint reports that Ejiofor, during an interview on Arise News, asserted that APC and ADC will cause security problems if INEC do not stop them.
He warned that over 80 per cent of the country’s security challenges were politically motivated, lamenting that politicians were already at it again with campaigns and endorsements of candidates, when the election is still almost two years away.
Ejiofor called on the President Bola Tinubu administration to focus on governance rather than being entangled in 2027 politics.
He 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.
“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.”
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