As the 2023 general elections draws closer, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Thursday support the counsel by President Muhammadu Buhari to the security agencies to exhibit professionalism and remain impartial in their conducts, describing it as a welcome development.
The opposition parties said Buhari had spent the past months reiterating his resolve to peacefully hand over power to his successor; hence, the security agencies to be saddled with various support services in next year’s poll must not let the president down.
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In a statement made available to journalists, the CUPP Spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said Buhari’s recent admonition to security agencies may be related to the failed attempt by the Department of Security Services to frame the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of terrorism and the plan by some unscrupulous politicians to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, and prevent the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in the 2023 general election.
Ugochinyere said;
There have been an ongoing crisis and counter-accusations of security agencies’ involvement in plots to derail the President’s CBN-backed policies. Even though Buhari has openly said he gave the CBN Governor the go-ahead on such policies, politicians, using security agencies such as the DSS, are still trying to cause problems in their selfish bid to rig the elections.
This statement by the President is believed to be an indirect message to security agencies and their political sponsors to desist from any act that will undermine the CBN and INEC moves for credible elections and rather work towards stability and a peaceful transition of power come May 2023.
