Security Chiefs spoke tough at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano, warning trouble makers to stay out of the way, during the 25 January Assembly re-run.
Addressing Journalists, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner of (INEC), Prof. Riskua Shehu said on Tuesday in Kano that the Commission is set to conduct a free and fair re -run election in Nine local government areas of the state.
Shehu who made this known at a Meeting of the Commission with Stakeholders in Kano that it has developed a time table of activities with time lines for the re run Scheduled January 25th.
He said an Appeal Court in Kaduna at variouse as sittings had ordered for re run elections in Frederal and state Constituencies in which two are from KIru/ Bebeji and Tudun Wada Doguwa with two polling Units in Kumbotso federal Constituency 12 polling Units in four other state Constituency in Bunkure, Madobi, Minjibir and Rogo among all the participating political parties in the state.
According to him the re run election will be conducted in Sixty registration areas across the affected local government areas with a total of 41, 4000 registered voters in 698 polling Units, 166 voting points, given a total 864 voting points.
He said with Eleven days away from the date of the election INEC has all the none sensitive material in the affected local government areas, as batching of the material has commenced while the Commission is expecting the arrival of the sensitive materials from the headquarters adding that all political parties will be inform as soon as CBN received them .
He further explain that ” invitation will be send to representatives of all political parties participating in the re run elections as well as security agencies to witness the distribution of the materiall.
While commenting on the preparation of the election said a total of 3, 456, ad-hoc Staff will be recruited pointing out that no NYSC member will be posted to Bebeji to serve as ad-hoc Staff based Security advice for the re run election
