The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct this year’s general elections in super camps, following persisting insecurity in liberated four councils of Borno State.
The affected councils are Guzamala, Abadam, Marte and Kukawa.
Speaking on INEC’s preparedness, yesterday, in Maiduguri, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mohammed Ibrahim, noted: “All sensitive and non-sensitive materials have been received and are in the custody of the Central of Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He said from tomorrow, the materials would be transported to far-flung councils like Askira/Uba, Bayo and Mobbar.
The REC added that elections in the “no go areas” are to be conducted at the super camps of Nganzai, Marte, Monguno, Damasak, Doro, Baga and Cross Kauwa in Kukawa Council.
On this weekend’s polls, he said the 5,071 configured Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be manned by 51,000 ad hoc staff.
He said the Commission has a backup for the facility in the event of malfunctioning of any in the 5,071 polling units in the state.
Regarding security of election materials and personnel, Ibrahim submitted: “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will provide us an air cover for the materials and ad hoc staff to the super camps of the four hard-to-reach councils.”
He said of the 149,085 issued Permanent Voter Cards, 96,158 pieces had been collected, while total registered voters is 2.515 million.
