2027: IGP vows ‘safe, secure’ vote despite insecurity

Nigeria’s police chief insisted upcoming national polls will be secure, in an interview with AFP, despite violence that usually flares up during election seasons, a jihadist insurgency and a raging kidnapping crisis.Africa’s most populous country heads to the polls in January when President Bola Tinubu will seek re-election.Votes have in the past been marred by violence, with politicians recruiting thugs to intimidate opponents and silence dissenting political views, rights groups s