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Borno LG Elections: BOSIEC Chairman Assures Levelled Playing Ground For All Parties
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Borno LG elections: BOSIEC Chairman assures levelled playing ground for all parties
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
The, Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), has assured levelled playing ground for all political parties in the Saturday local government elections, saying that it will be free, fair and credible..
Briefing journalists on the level of preparation of the commission at the BOSIEC headquarters, Maiduguri on Friday,the chairman BOSIEC , Alhaji Lawan Mahmoud urged all political parties and their candidates to eschew violence and play the game according to the rule..
“We assured all political parties of free and fair election and also urge them to eschew violence, as the state has had its fair of Boko Haram insurgency and we don’t need to go back to these years of violence”, Mahmoud added .
The BOSIEC chairman said ” the election for the people of Guzamala will be conducted in the camp in Gajiram, those from Abadam would have theirs in Damasak, while some village of Marte local , Konduga and Kala Balge would have their election in camps in Monguno, Maiduguri and Ngala respectively “.
He said ” Many candidates are contesting for 27 LGA chairmanship positions and 312 councilorship positions but only one person each will win the position. So call on them and their supporters to take the interest if the state first not engaged in political violence during and after the election”.
Alhaji Mahmoud said “we are prepared for the tomorrow’s election, already we have distributed non sensitive material and sensitive materials to the far local government, while the nearer local government will get their own early morning. The election is going to take place at the 27 local government areas, 312 wards and 5,071 polling units.
“We have also engaged 4 adhoc staff for each of the 5,071 unit, ward returning officers as well as local government returning officers for the 27 LGAs and security operative will also be deployed to the various polling units”, the BOSIEC chairman added.
He therefore called on the electorate and the youths in particular to conduct themselves peacefully.
