A large number of those displaced are not in IDP camps, which means they may not participate in the elections.
, Mahmoud Yakubu has said Nigerians living in internally displaced persons camps would vote in the 2023 general elections.
Mr Yakubu said the decision was informed by the high number of estimated IDPs noted in 2015 in the North East and North Central. The boss of the electoral commission however said in some states, the IDPs are not in identified camps which would be difficult to coordinate. In the North-western states, terrorists, loosely called bandits, have been unleashing mayhem on residents. Schools have been attacked, farmers scared away from going to farms, local traders stopped patronizing local markets with federal, states and local highways endangered.
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