SGF accuses desperate politicians of arming groups for 2019 polls

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, has alleged that some politicians desperate to win elections at all cost are arming groups ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Mustapha, however, explained that the current administration has done well to improve the electoral process.

The SGF, who made the allegation on Saturday during a breakfast meeting with businessmen in Abuja, asked Nigerians to support the Buhari administration in ensuring peace in the nation.

He said that “the citizens have a major role to play in securing peace in this nation. Government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility.

“Things are changing with the improvement in the electoral processes. But in the past, early in the morning, somebody will just come out with one rifle and shoot a gun in the air, so everybody takes cover and then he packs all the electoral materials.

There are constituencies where you never voted. It is a collective responsibility.”