 The addition of 25 civil society organizations have called on security agencies to caution political parties against activities that could plant state into serious crisis ahead of the off-season governorship elections in Bayosa, Imo and Kogi state. The civil society organizations in a communique issued after a three-day election preview on the three-state specifically singled out the Social Democratic Party's slant of activities in Kogi state as an example of what security agencies must caution stakeholders against. According to them, the wild allegations and ethnic profiling which have become the hallmark of the SDP's campaign in Kogi state are capable of compromising the peace and security of the electorate, officials of the independent National Electoral Commission, election observers and other candidates in the state. The signs of security concerns are already surfacing but not so serious. The tone of campaign language between the two leading candidates of the APC and the PDP is becoming more accusatory and volatile. Security agencies must monitor the supporters of both leading candidates of APC and PDP in order to forestall any serious breakdown of law and order before, during and in the immediate aftermath of the election. The CSO said they came to this conclusion after painstakingly monitoring campaign strategies of various political parties participating in the November 11th governorship elections in Kogi, Bayosa and Nemo state. They pointed out that it was necessary to need these activities in the bud to forestall possible security breaches and utterances that may provoke ethnic disaffection and electoral violence during the off-season polls. Strong correlation between security and voter apathy. If there is insecurity, nobody will come out of their enclaves to come and vote. So we therefore recommend the security agencies to up their game and there should be immense voter sensitization on the need for everybody to be civil about this relationship of governance and we expect that continuous sensitization of the members of the community will go a long way in ensuring that people understand that elections are civil matters and they are meant to be progress and prosperity for their communities instead of violence and other activities. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.