Former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has urged the nation’s election management body, INEC, to move beyond admission of concerns and enforce its rules regarding the premature campaigns for the 2027 elections, when it is yet to lift the embargo on politicking. While warning that the current political developments with regard to early campaigns pose a threat to national security, he said over 80 per cent of Nigeria’s insecurity is politically motivated. Speaking in a chat with newsmen, Ejiofor said: “Every well-meaning Nigerian, every patriotic Nigerian should be worried about this political development of campaigns two years before the election. INEC must take action to stop the political parties from engaging in activities that could lead to security problems.” He also called on President Bola Tinubu to focus more on governance rather than being involved in 2027 politics.“I believe that the government should, on its own, concentrate on governance now. It’s too early in the day for all the political parties to be campaigning, forming alignments, endorsing candidates,” he said. He further noted that the current political landscape, with parties like the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) already engaging in campaign activities, poses significant security challenges. “We have a lot of security challenges facing us, and our security agencies are trying to contain these issues. But if you look at all these political alignments, realignment, movements, you know, coalitions, these are posing threats to our national security. “And like I’ve always maintained, over 80 per cent of our security challenges are politically motivated, and the politicians are at it again,” he said. Ejiofor emphasised that INEC’s warning to political parties is not enough and that the commission needs to take concrete actions to prevent these activities from escalating into security problems. “It is not sufficient to warn them; they must take action and activate all measures, including sanctions, to stop them from all these activities that are likely going to cause a lot of security problems for our security agencies,” he said.