Speaking at an event held by the African Policy Research Institute on Monday in Abuja, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, said that some areas in Nigeria's battered north east may not be able to participate in the coming 2015 general election on Feb. 14, 2015.
“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.” Prof. Jega also alluded to the possibility that the governorship elections, occurring just after the presidential contest in February might not be possible either in the three northeastern states, Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, under emergency rule. “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.
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