Two lobby groups, the Save Democracy Women (SDW) and Impact Future Nigeria (IFN), staged a peaceful protest in Abuja on Wednesday over what they called "the militarisation of the 2019 general elections". "We condemn in totality the involvement of the military in our elections," she was quoted as saying in local media on Thursday. The army has no official role in providing election security but can provide armed back-up to the police if required. In Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states, many people were killed on election day in skirmishes with soldiers," he said. So why deploy soldiers for election matters?

Source: Daily Nation March 07, 2019 18:11 UTC