Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the cycle of violence witnessed in the states. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, raised the alarm on Friday in Abuja at the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on the review of the 2023 general elections. The National Security Adviser (NSA) and Co-Chair of ICCES, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, attended the meeting. “We should draw lessons from the challenges