Election: Army Releases Hotlines For ‘Operations Safe Conduct’

Nigerian Army has approved hotlines in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to monitor and report any suspicious act or acts of violence by unscrupulous persons or group of persons capable of disrupting the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election.

The lines, according to Army Headquarters, are also to enable the citizens to report the conduct of troops deployed to provide security during the election.

The director, army public relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the move was part of the efforts to support the lead security agency, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) for the successful conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections.

“In an effort to effectively carry out its constitutional mandate of providing support to civil authorities and working in synergy with the Nigeria Police (NP) to ensure protection of lives and property during the forthcoming 2023 elections, the Nigerian Army (NA) has approved a list of Hotlines to monitor and report any suspicious act or acts of violence by unscrupulous persons or group of persons capable of disrupting the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election, as well as the conduct of troops deployed to provide security during the election,” he said.

The statement urged members of the public to call the phone numbers below in their various states including Abuja to report any security breach during the elections: Abia 08031113129, Adamawa 08022750987, Akwa Ibom 07034470916, Anambra 07035891185, Bauchi 08128063675, Bayelsa 08033241005, Benue 08080754339, Borno 09099616160, 08086987079, Cross River 08037084192, Delta 07035070797, Ebonyi 08158274048, Edo 09066325953, Ekiti 08037851448, Enugu 09032102212, 08023097458 and Gombe 07063908779, 08082557782

Others are Imo 07034907427, Jigawa 07017791414, 08100144363, Kaduna 07031544227, 08028580978, 08035242633, Kano 08038432656, Katsina 08108854061, 09012998054, Kebbi 09130213661, Kogi 08033217964, Kwara State 09060001270, Lagos 08034025825, 08023190487 09024409000, 08033709434 and Nasarawa 09051009404.

The rest are Niger 07031346425, Ogun 09116589494, Ondo 08036130535, Osun 09019683922, Oyo 07047703000, Plateau 08037116395, 07031260622, Rivers 08064274222, Sokoto 07069084570, 07052693532 08136913284, Taraba 08136728969, 08060902363, Yobe 08061397656, Zamfara 08140075541 and FCT 09114913164, 08186690471, 08079153860, 08034276240, 08164304255, 09159793968