The president was also advised to increase the numerical strength of the police from 10,000 recruitment yearly to 20,000 through the governors.
Mr Ekeocha advised communities living in and around the cantonment not to panic on hearing the sounds of gunfire during the period.
The exercise was not only a horrendous phenomenon on the psyche of Nigerians but a fleeting nightmare.
Mr Buhari condemned terrorism as a tool in inter-communal conflicts, urging that the attackers be found and dealt with swiftly under the law.
The voters, who were seen in groups, were calm and patient after taking numbers in the order they arrived their polling units.
INEC in Cross River began the distribution of sensitive materials to the 18 local council areas
“Don’t allow anyone especially politicians to use you for their inordinate ambition because if they put you in trouble,” the Corps warned its officers.
He explained that the security agencies, especially the police, would go hard on anyone planning to cause trouble or disrupt the peaceful conduct of the election exercise.
Soldiers arrested the suspects at different black spots in Lagos for alleged cultism, thuggery and related offences.
“Education also remains backward as many primary and secondary schools were forced to shut down due to the activities of bandits.”
