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
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
