2023: Violence In South-East, North-West May Mar Elections, NHRC Warns

The National Human Rights Commission has expressed fear that the continued violence in the South-East and North-West areas of Nigeria can jeopardize the 2023 general elections if nothing is done to urgently arrest it.

The Senior Human Rights Adviser to the NHRC Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu SAN, Mr. Hillary Ogbonna, revealed this on Thursday after disclosing that the Commission has monitored and is monitoring the Personal Voters Card (PVC) collection in 21 states and has met with the Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission in 28 states.