\nIn a statement made available to journalists, the CUPP Spokesperson,\u00a0Ikenga Ugochinyere<\/b>, said Buhari\u2019s recent admonition to security agencies may be related to the failed attempt by the Department of Security Services to frame the\u00a0Central Bank Governor<\/b>,\u00a0Godwin Emefiele<\/b>, of terrorism and the plan by some unscrupulous politicians to sack the Chairman of the\u00a0Independent National Electoral Commission<\/a>,\u00a0Prof. Yakubu Mahmood<\/b>, and prevent the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The opposition parties said\u00a0Buhari\u00a0had spent the past months reiterating his resolve to peacefully hand over power to his successor; …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001015,"featured_media":21012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[13194,13192,13193],"class_list":["post-21011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-politics","tag-agbaji-development-association-ada","tag-alhaji-abdulrasaq-adebayo-owolabi-wopa","tag-prof-olarewaju-sulyman"],"yoast_head":"\n2023 Elections: CUPP Urges Security Agencies To Remain Impartial - GongNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/2023-elections-cupp-urges-security-agencies-to-remain-impartial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Elections: CUPP Urges Security Agencies To Remain Impartial - GongNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the 2023 general elections draws closer,\u00a0the\u00a0Coalition of United Political Parties\u00a0(CUPP) on Thursday support the counsel by\u00a0President\u00a0Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0to the security agencies to exhibit professionalism and remain impartial in their conducts, describing it as a welcome development. 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