𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘, Says IPAC Chairman Sanyaolu

Earlier today, I was honoured to be 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐎𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 to attend the “𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲” Workshop on Elections Security, the Law, Stakeholders and the Media.

The engagement provided an important platform for stakeholders to examine the 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 in promoting a peaceful and orderly electoral process.

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. It requires the collective responsibility of political parties, candidates, security agencies, the media, civil society, electoral institutions and citizens.

As 𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐎𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, I remain committed to the Council’s primary mandate of 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬, with a commitment to dialogue, fairness, due process and peaceful resolution.

𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

🇳🇬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬.