The Economic Community of West African States has said the international community and voters in Nigeria believe that security agents might have been used in creating problems for the electoral process .
The Head of Political Affairs , ECOWAS, Dr Remi Ajibewa , said this when he and other ECOWAS officials visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission , according to a statement on Sunday.
Ajibewa said while INEC conducted the Osun governorship election professionally , the same could not be said of the security agencies .
The statement , which was signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman , Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, read in part, “He ( Ajibewa ) commended the commission for the conduct of the Osun State governorship election but regretted that while INEC did its best , the international community and voters feared that security agents might have been used to create problems for the electoral process .”
The ECOWAS official reiterated the need for INEC to carry all stakeholders , comprising political parties, the media , civil society organisations and security agencies , along as it prepares for the general elections . He said INEC should also work closely with the police to secure the electoral process .
Gen . Francis Behanzin , who headed the ECOWAS delegation to INEC , said ECOWAS would deploy 200 observers in Nigeria to monitor the 2019 general elections which will begin in February next year .
Behanzin said the purpose of the visit was to, among other things, find out about INEC ’s preparation for the 2019 general elections and the challenges it was facing, in view of Nigeria ’s large voter population of over 80 million .
He described Nigeria as “a very big country ”, pledging financial support for the conduct of the elections .
Behanzin expressed gratitude to INEC Chairman , Prof . Mahmood Yakubu , for his contributions towards the improvement of the electoral process and sustenance of democracy across the West -African sub -region.
In his remarks, Yakubu thanked Behanzin for his kind words and seized the opportunity to explain the commission’s preparations for the 2019 polls . https://punchng.com/ecowas-knocks-security-agencies-over-role-in-osun-poll/

Where were they the ECOWAS when the ideal is be done. Medicine after death

Just knock??

Rubbish west African country.

Them the fear the lifeless one

Buhari is really outing our dear country to shame , for the first-time on our history ECOWAS has condemned a Nigerian election, for ECOWAS who is used to rigging in WestAfrican elections to say am election was not credible says alot about how bad that election was!!!!!

Toothless Ecowas.

Lolz...




The "saintly" administration as headed by the old man has just received yet another knock



But this time in the balls

ouch!!



#Daira4Reals

The goal is 2019.. The big fish! PDP allowed APC show their hand. APC has shown the world their rigging formula and everybody has taken note of it.

Sadly for the APC, Atiku is not Adeleke, Obj is not Fayose, Peter Obi spent 3 years in court to reclaim his mandate. These people are not here to joke... Not to talk of other generals the PDP have already and more to come.

APC and their 14million paper votes will be ridiculed come February next year.

See who's talking, and he represents ECOWAS---An International body that has long lost its relevance.
,....ECOWAS,..... Yuck! An international body that relies on other international bodies for their funds and day-to-day business, Is that one an international body?
They can only use "diplomatic words" to hoodwink the gullible ones, which one is "MIGHT" have used the security agents to create,....", They can't tell the powers that be the truth eyeball to eyeball.
Cowards littering the African political scene.
YEYE!!

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Every election conducted under President "Integrity" is characterized by killings, intimidating of oppositions, votes buyings and fake fight against corruption.
Buhari must go

greatdreamer:
Every election conducted under President "Integrity" is characterized by killings, intimidating of oppositions, votes buyings and fake fight against corruption.
Buhari must go

exactly, infact last month rerun election was heavily marred with violence and intimidation by the Apc thugs.