Anxiety in Kano, Sokoto, Plateau, Bauchi, Benue
Although, the elections will take place in only a few parts of the affected states, the security agencies are leaving nothing to chances.
The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State, which had threatened to boycott the election, announced that it was now ready for the election while the All Progressives Congress strongman in Benue State, Senator George Akume, boasted that nothing would save Governor Samuel Ortom from losing the election.
The PDP governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf was equally optimistic of carrying the day. His spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa said: “We are known to be peace lovers and so we shall remain, as we are very sure of victory during the rerun. He said: “We are working to make sure that we don’t have any distraction. We have held series of meetings with stakeholders to review our strategies.
He asked parents, traditional leaders as well as political leaders to ensure that their wards and supporters conduct themselves in a responsible manner during the supplementary elections. It said the restriction was aimed at preventing the movement of people from local governments where elections will not be held into areas where election would be taking place to ferment trouble.
He said further that the exercise would also serve as warning to hoodlums and other disgruntled elements that might plan or intend to disrupt the upcoming supplementary elections. “We are good to go. PDP is not afraid of election, and more so, we have won this election and we will continue to win”They had threatened not to participate in the supplementary election after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the date for the rerun.
Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Channels Television that the commission would conduct the poll in other affected areas of the state. He said he was leaving on account of “recent developments and political realities of present day Bauchi State.”
Speaking with our correspondent, Akume, a former governor of the state said: “Find out from this man precisely what are your achievements? Sometimes I look at this and laugh because one of the achievements he claims is a private initiative in my village, a privately-owned soya processing factory.
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