With less than 40 days to the general elections, voters in Sokoto, Imo, Katsina, Zamfara, Anambra and some other states have expressed apprehension over the spate of insecurity in their communities, saying they may not participate in the electoral exercise unless the situation improves.
Chief Martina Odimegwu, who hails from Awo-Idemili in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state, said the time had come for Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands, adding that she would vote regardless of the security situation.Residents of Kaura in Southern Kaduna, which was attacked on December 18, 2022, expressed fear that they might be disfranchised as their burnt voter cards had not been replaced.
The Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party deputy governorship candidate, Dr John Ayuba, observed that the coordinated attacks on selected communities were a calculated attempt to disenfranchise the people of Southern Kaduna. Mallam Muntari Muhammadu, a farmer in Zamdam village, Jibiya LGA, said the government was aware of the bandits’ attacks on the rural communities.He stated, “The 2023 elections will hold insha Allah and we in my village will vote. What I am not sure of is whether we shall vote in our village because of the current security challenges. I learnt that we might be conveyed to Jibiya, our local government headquarters, to vote. I also learnt that we might be moved to any community that is safer.
“Many of our people have fled to other places and those of us who have the courage to stay in the village will not risk our lives to go out and participate in the forthcoming general elections.” The Director, Defence Information, Maj Gen Jimmy Akpor, said, “Nobody is sleeping; we’ll continue to do our utmost and scale-up our operations, intelligence and physical, kinetic and non-kinetic activities to ensure that the environment is safe for socioeconomic activities.
Akpor noted that the military was collaborating with other security agencies to further scale up the successes it had recorded against criminals and bandits.
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