The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre ( CISLAC) has charged political parties and their candidates to play by the rule and desist from stoking up electoral violence as the 2023 general election approaches.
Addressing journalists Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the executive director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Mr. Auwal lbrahim Musa said Rivers state has had its fair share of electoral violence over the years which he said was detrimental to the growth and development of the state.
Represented by the Manager Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning ( MEAL) CISLAC, Lovelyn Gabriel, Mr Musa called on security agencies in the state to shun voter and public intimidation of any sort while urging independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) to make concerted efforts to ensure that the right thing is done to avoid raising unnecessary tensions during elections
In his words: “We urge security agencies in the state to shun voters and public intimidation of any kind. We call on INEC to make concerted efforts to ensure that the right thing is done to avoid raising unnecessary tension during elections,” Musa said.
He lauded relevant factors contributing to the peaceful elections more especially security agencies for reassurance of safety environment for people to exercise their civil rights to votes during the elections.
He joined the efforts of the civil society organisations and the relevant stakeholders to commend the commitment of political parties in the state, describing it thoughtful and worthy of emulation by South South states.
