Insecurity: Four Borno LGAs To Vote In Super Camps

Super camps have been provisioned in four local government areas in Borno State to enable the residents to exercise their civic rights in Saturday’s Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections.

Naija News understands that there are twenty-seven (27) local government areas in the state, but due to insecurity, elections would not be possible in some parts of the state.

While eligible voters go out this weekend to vote for their preferred candidates for all contested positions, Guzamala, Marte, Abadam and Kukawa LGAs in Borno will vote at the established super camps.

Naija News understands that voters from Guzamala are to vote at Gajiram and Nganzai LGAs while their counterparts from Marte LGAvare to assemble at the local government headquarters, Monguno LGA, for the exercise.

Voters from Abadam LGA are to exercise their franchise at Damasak and Mobbar LGAs, while their counterparts from Kukawa LGA also gather at Monguno to cast their votes.

The Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ibrahim Magaji Mohammed, confirmed the development to newsmen today in Maiduguri, the state capital.

He said the super camps would be cleared for them in schools or government buildings.

Mohammed said that security agencies had made adequate preparations ahead of the exercise at flashpoints across the state.

“We (INEC staff and other election personnel) will be going in a convoy, and we have discussed with the Nigeria Air Force to convoy the air cover; so let’s all hope visibility will be clear on the election day,” he said.

About the enduring cash crunch, the REC said the Borno INEC office had already “finalized formalities” with the state’s branch of the CBN for the necessary cash required for daily expenses, explaining that such payments as the emoluments of ad-hoc staff would be paid online.

Mohammed said the Borno INEC office had taken delivery of 5071 BVAS machines, each configured with a polling unit and local government area, adding that there is also a backup of more BVAS machines to solve unforeseen problems. Borno State has 2,513,281 registered voters for the 2023 elections.