Jega raises polls alarm in Northeast

 

Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) chairman Prof Attahiru Jega yesterday raised the alarm that elections might not hold in the NorthEast.
According to him, unless there is an improvement in the security situation in Borno Yobe and Adamawa states, ravaged by insurgency, the chances that election will hold in the troubled states are slim.
Jega, whospoke at a forum in Abuja, organised by the African Policy Research Institute, said: “A place like Borno State, unless something is done about those that have been displaced, even return for the governorship might be difficult, if not impossible under the circumstances. To be realistic, we must say that it may be impossible to do elections everywhere, in every local government, in every constituency in those three states”.
This is contrary to the assurance given the commission that it was prepared to conduct elections in all the states of the federation.