Chairman of INEC,
Attahiru Jega says it may be difficult for them to conduct elections in three
north-east states - Borno, Yobe and Adamawa next month. The states have been
under Emergency rule for a while now
"A place like Borno state,
unless something is done about those that have been displaced, even the time of
the governorship election may be very difficult, if not impossible under the
circumstances. We are been realistic. We must say that it may be impossible to
do elections everywhere and in every local government in every constituency in
those three states" he said at a forum in Abuja today.
On the possibility
of internally displaced people casting their votes during the elections, Prof
Jega said
"First and foremost, we know
that there are many Internally displaced persons in Nigeria on many causes but
our focus is going to be on the North east zone and it will only be for
internally displaced persons that are in that states" he said
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