The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has said the security agency has a special strategy to tackle the insecurity in the South East ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Audi disclosed this while speaking with journalists after the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity-building training for state commandants and the management of the NSCDC in preparation for the general elections.

Speaking earlier while declaring the workshop open, Audi said the NSCDC had devised strategies to combat the general insecurity in the country ahead of the election, adding that the Corps is using a covert approach.

He said: 

“The scepticism raised by Nigerians and foreign diplomats towards the successful conduct of the 2023 polls due to security concerns resulting from attacks on INEC facilities in some parts of the country, as well as facilities of some sister security agencies, occasioned violence in the political rally/campaigns of certain parties, hate speeches between political gladiators, jettisoned media town hall meetings, have generated cause for concern in recent times.