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FCT Elections: There will be no election in 593 polling units – INEC
FCT Elections: There will be no election in 593 polling units – INEC
As preparations for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections reach their climax, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told stakeholders that there will be no election in 593 polling units.
This is as a result of the non-deployment of registered voters to the affected polling units, which cuts across the six council areas of the FCT.
According to the Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, elections will take place in 1,328 polling units having between 0-50 voting populations including 546 polling units with over 1,000 registered voters, respectively.
Yakubu made the disclosure while making a presentation at the Federal Capital Territory Expanded Stakeholders Security meeting, put together by the FCT Administration.
Although the various political party candidates have been going about their campaigns, such will come to an end on February 10, while the elections proper would take place on February 12, 2022.
Yakubu explained that election materials will not be deployed to the affected areas, hence voters should not bother going to such places.
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It was uncovered that the majority of the voting population usually have challenges commuting to where their polling units are located, a situation that indirectly encouraged voter apathy.
However, INEC relocated some polling units, previously inside shrines and private residences of powerful individuals, to open locations as it was observed that such actions were aiding and abetting rigging and other vices during elections.
The INEC boss assured that the affected polling units would be populated with voters before the 2023 general election.
“The support of the traditional, community and religious leaders would be required if we are to deliver on our goals,” Yakubu noted.
Dismissed soldier surrenders to police over murder case in Ogun
By: Zagazola Makama
A dismissed soldier, Yemisi Poroye, who is the principal suspect in a conspiracy and murder case reported earlier on June 25 has surrendered to the Police in Ogun state.
Police sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspect turned himself in at about 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, following intensified police efforts to track him down.
The sources said that three other suspects earlier arrested in connection with the case, along with relevant exhibits, had already been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Abeokuta, for discreet investigation.
The sources added that the circumstances surrounding the murder and the dismissed soldier’s alleged role are currently under investigation.
Dismissed soldier surrenders to police over murder case in Ogun
Troops repel coordinated attacks on three Plateau communities
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) along with other security forces, successfully repelled coordinated attacks on three communities in Riyom Local Government Area by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias.
Zagazola Makama report that the affected communities Rim, Angwan Wereng, and Cum came under attack between 10:50 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. on Thursday night.
The troops responded promptly to distress calls and engaged the attackers, forcing them to flee the area.
“On receipt of the information, army troops and other sister security agencies moved swiftly to the scenes and repelled the attackers,”said the sources.
No official casualties were confirmed as of the time of this report, but the situation is said to be under control while normalcy has returned to the affected areas.
Troops repel coordinated attacks on three Plateau communities
Gunmen abduct Fulani leader in Kogi, injure wife and son
By: Zagazola Makama
Armed men have abducted a Fulani community leader, Mallam Iliyasu, during a midnight attack on his residence at the Fulani Camp in Shagari Village, Lokoja, Kogi State.
Zagazola Makama learnt that the incident, which occurred around 12:20 a.m. on Thursday, also left two of his family members his wife and his son, Abdulsalam with gunshot wounds to the arm and leg, respectively.
The sources said the attackers stormed the home, fired several shots into the air, and forcefully took the community leader to an unknown destination. The assailants also reportedly injured the victims while trying to resist the abduction.
Both injured victims were taken to Ashafa Hospital for medical attention, where they are said to be responding to treatment.
Seventeen expended AK-47 ammunition shells were recovered from the scene of the attack by security forces.
A relative of the abducted victim, Alhaji Ahmadu Yusuf, confirmed the incident and appealed for urgent intervention to secure his release.
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