All of Nigeria’s land borders will be closed on Saturday for the fiercely disputed elections.
According to the Nigeria Immigration Service, the decision is intended to ensure that the “elections are free, fair, and devoid of anomalies.”
Border officials have been instructed to ensure that the directive is strictly followed.
According to reports, the presidential and parliamentary elections will feature the fiercest competition since the end of military government in 1999.
We are committed to Project Nigeria while ensuring that, within the parameters of the powers vested on us by the relevant laws, the coming elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies.#NISDeyForYou🫶 pic.twitter.com/zzuHK8Q4jm
— Nigeria Immigration Service (@nigimmigration) February 23, 2023
The immigration service said it had seized 6,000 voters cards and other Nigerian identification documents from illegal immigrants in the run-up to the elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier on Thursday urged security agencies to be “firm and courageous” in the election period, and warned against riots after after the announcement of election results.