Why INEC Deploys Military Men For Polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained why it deployed military men to both Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections held in July and August respectively.
According to INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, the deployment of armed military men to the states was to curtail violence, adding that the presence of the security men in both Ekiti and Osun states prevented violence to a large extent.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Jega made this statement while presenting a lecture titled, “Curbing Electoral Violence in Nigeria: The Public Relations Dynamics”, held at the media centre of NAN in Igannmu, Lagos.

The INEC boss urged politicians in the country to abide by the rules of politics , while promising that INEC would engender credible electoral process.

Jega, who was represented by the resident electoral commissioner, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola said, “ What is bad about the electoral process is the fact that politicians have not risen above all the various causes of violence”.