Governors of
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe facing the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency on
Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to
postpone the 2015 general elections in the states.
The call is
contained in a statement jointly issued in Maiduguri by their spokespersons.
The statement
urged INEC to disregard calls by some politicians for the postponement of the
elections due to the security situation in the states.
It urged INEC
to take a cue from war-ravaged Afghanistan where elections were recently held,
in spite of threat of attacks by the Taliban terrorist group.
“INEC should
take a cue from Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission which
courageously held the country’s presidential and provincial election last
Saturday despite strong threats issued by the Taliban.
“Afghanistan
was celebrated worldwide for liberating herself from the scourge of fear,
thereby sending a strong signal that no threat would prevent them from choosing
their leaders through democratic processes,” it said.
The statement
further pointed out that the Afghan government provided adequate security for
the conduct of the polls, urging the Federal Government to do same.
“INEC should as
a matter of counter insurgency approach, ensure that no part of Nigeria is
excluded from the election.”
Inec must conduct d election,dey kill our people everyday bcus of der strategy to Win 2015 election,let's die together ,no election at our place ad no election nation wide dats all. Stupide u ad ur president.
ReplyDeleteFools so dat dey will kill d remaining people no election at d north east no need
ReplyDeleteUntil you governors point out those behind this mass killing there won't Βε̲̣̣̣̥ any election i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ your states cos we don't Need more death
ReplyDeleteThe governors are afraid of not realizing their political ambitions if elections did not hold. This is selfish. We cannot sacrifice lives of innocent people for their personal ambitions. Situation on ground at election time will determine whether elections will hold
ReplyDeleteSo u people want to kill the remaining northerners. There will be election of course
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