Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen
Tukur Buratai has said the only way the military and other security
personnel can stay neutral in Nigeria’s electoral process would be in
the use of electronic voting by the Independent National Electoral
Commission.
He made the observation against the backdrop of
criticism trailing the military and other security personnel’s
involvement in the 2019 general elections.
Buratai who spoke
through a representative, Brig. Gen John Ochai at a one day stakeholders
roundtable on the review of the 2019 general elections, organized by
the Centre for Transparency Advocacy, in Abuja, on Thursday, said
politicians cash in on the abnormalities in the electoral system to
perpetrate crimes, arguing that its lucrative to them.
He noted
that the security operatives usually deployed on election duties cannot
afford to be aloof when their core responsibility revolves around
ensuring law and order in any given situation.
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