What happens if Nigeria can’t hold elections in 2023 due to insecurity?

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:04:10 +0000

Herdsmen killed 50 people in Ebonyi. Boko Haram killed 7 soldiers. Bandits killed 60 people in the NW and NC. Unknown gunmen and the military killed at least 15 people killed. These happened in Nigeria this weekend. So, which peace is Buhari going to give to Mali? #TableShaker
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) June 1, 2021

In the first five months of 2021, Nigeria has recorded 1,016 attacks, 1,437 deaths of civilians, while 2,276 persons have been kidnapped.

In addition to all these, secessionists and criminal gangs in the southeast are constantly attacking police stations and burning down INEC offices in the region.

This has led some Nigerians to doubt if the general elections scheduled for 2023 will happen.

President Buhari on his way to a trip to Paris

In an online pole by Vanguard, 23% of respondents say they don’t think the general elections should take place altogether.

Should 2023 elections hold amid the incessant attacks on INEC offices in the South?
— Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) May 31, 2021

But what happens if the country can’t hold elections in 2023? The constitution said;

3) If the Federation is at war in which the territory of Nigeria is physically involved and the President considers that it is not practicable to hold elections, the National Assembly may by resolution extend the period of four years mentioned in subsection (2) of this section from time to time; but no such extension shall exceed a period of six months at any one time.
Section 135 subsection (3)

What this means is President Muhammadu Buhari can stay in office indefinitely until security improves! All he has to do is renew his mandate every six months from the Ahmed Lawan led National Assembly.

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Insecurity: Kano joins Jigawa, Zamfara in closing schools

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:52:03 +0000

The government of Kano State has approved the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect.

This followed a similar move by the governments in Jigawa and Zamfara in the wake of the abduction of 500 students from a secondary school in Katsina, also in the North-west.

The directive was contained in a statement issued by Sanusi Kiru, Kano State commissioner for education, on Tuesday evening.

“Parents whose children are in boarding schools are to also arrange and convey their children/ wards back home from tomorrow, Wednesday, 16th December 2020,” Kiru said.

“All inconveniences are regretted.”

He did not specifically reveal the reason behind the schools’ closure, but it is believed to be connected to the abductions in neighbouring Katsina.

The announcement comes three days to the end of the third term. Schools in Kano were expected to close on Friday, December 18.

On Monday, Islamist terror group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina State. The group’s leader Abubakar Shekau said the school was teaching its students things that could “destroy Islam”.

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What happens if Nigeria can’t hold elections in 2023 due to insecurity?

Insecurity: Kano joins Jigawa, Zamfara in closing schools