The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would not be able to conduct the 2015 general elections in states placed under state of emergency rule by President Goodluck Jonathan last May.
The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum on the preparation and challenges ahead of the 2015 general elections, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC.
Jega said that the decision by the commission was to avoid contravening the law.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government had in November extended the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states to six months.
Jega, however, said that the commission was hopeful that the security situation in the affected states would improve before the 2015 general elections"
“We are working very closely with security agencies and our hope is that the security challenges in these areas will be long addressed before the 2015 elections.
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