{"id":199795,"date":"2026-04-28T19:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:44:45","slug":"suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first","title":{"rendered":"Suspend Election Campaigns to Address Insecurity First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on the Federal Government to suspend ongoing electioneering campaigns and urgently focus on tackling the rising insecurity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi made the call while speaking on the state of the nation, stressing that the worsening security situation should be treated as a national emergency above political activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cThere can be no meaningful elections if citizens do not feel safe in their own communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Urging the authorities to prioritize the protection of lives and property, he warned that continued political campaigns amid killings, kidnappings and rising unrest only deepen public frustration and distrust in government.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister added that restoring security should be the immediate focus before any serious political engagements leading to elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on the Federal Government to suspend ongoing electioneering campaigns and urgently focus on tackling the rising insecurity across the country. Amaechi made the call while speaking on the state of the nation, stressing that the worsening security situation should be treated as a national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":199794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-199795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspend Election Campaigns to Address Insecurity First - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on the Federal Government to suspend ongoing electioneerin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspend Election Campaigns to Address Insecurity First\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on the Federal Government to suspend ongoing electioneerin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T18:13:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-28T19:44:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777405382.069067.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Suspend Election Campaigns to Address Insecurity First\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-28T18:13:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-28T19:44:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1777405382.069067.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspend-election-campaigns-to-address-insecurity-first\",\"name\":\"Suspend Election Campaigns to Address Insecurity First - 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