As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, concerns are mounting over reports of pre-electoral violence and political intimidation across several regions following violent incidents in Ado-Ekiti, Calabar, and Asaba that left one person dead and several others injured.
The Citizens’ Advocacy for Social & Economic Rights (CASER) has strongly condemned the escalated tensions, confirming that the civil society organization is actively documenting cases, supporting victims, and preparing to pursue legal accountability through national and international mechanisms.
“It is a pre-election violence which actually threatens the existence of our democracy, and to think that because we are having elections in a number of weeks we now have to go through another heightened state of insecurity is unacceptable to us,” warned CASER Executive Director Frank Tietie. “We think that the whole world must hear, and we needed to issue that warning because we indeed want to take action against this process of electoral violence.”
–ChannelAfrica–
