President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday issued a stern warning to those bent on destroying the country through promoting insurrection, and burning down critical national assets, saying a shock awaits them, and very soon too.
The President spoke after he received briefing from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on the series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body in different parts of the country.
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President Buhari recalled that he visited all the 36 states of the country before the 2019 election, and majority of the people believed in him as the election results showed, He promised to continue leading the country in accordance with constitutional provisions.
He said those misbehaving in certain parts of the country were obviously too young to know the travails and loss of lives that attended the Nigerian Civil War.
On the dangers posed to future elections by the burning of INEC facilities, President Buhari said he would give the electoral commission all it needed to operate.
In his briefing, Prof Yakubu said so far, there have been 42 cases of attacks on INEC offices nationwide, since the last General Election.
Editor-Oloyede Oworu
