Elections to hold in eight Borno LGs – INEC



The Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Samuel Madaki, on Friday said today’s elections would be held in eight of the twenty-seven local government areas of Borno State, considered safe for the exercise.

Addressing a press conference on the preparations made to have a free and fair elections in the troubled state, Madaki said the state was classified by INEC into three-safe, unsafe (high risk) and relatively safe.


He identified 12 high risk local government areas, 10 relatively safe areas and five safe ones.

He said elections would be held in the safe local government areas and some of the relatively safe ones including Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere, Magumeri, Bayo, Kwaya-Kusar, Hawul, Shani, Damboa and Gubio.

He revealed that no fewer than 70, 485 displaced victims of Boko Haram insurgents in various Internally Displaced Persons’ camps, who are registered voters in Borno would be allowed to vote.

Madaki also said adequate arrangements had been made to ensure that displaced persons from other local governments are not disenfranchised as provisions would be made at IDP camps for voters.

He said, “There are 70, 485 displaced persons who are registered voters from 16 local governments at IDP camps in Maiduguri. We’ve made adequate arrangement for them to vote. The security agencies will be providing security for them.”

He also said a total of 1,763,860 Permanent Voters Cards were received by the commission in Borno out of the expected 1,838,514 for registered voters in the state, adding that 1,417,750 PVCs have been distributed so far.

He regretted that INEC could not make PVCs available for all registered voters in the state.

“Over 18, 000 PVCs are still being expected,” he said, adding that it would give some people the opportunity to receive their PVCs from the new delivery after the presidential poll.

He also revealed that 25,125 adhoc staff had been engaged for the elections which will be held in 312 wards and at 3928 polling units.

Madaki said over 300 observers had registered with the national headquarters of the commission.

He also revealed that a total of 5000 card readers, which exceeded the required number, were brought to the state to forestall any problems that might arise with the use of the card readers.

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