Boko Haram Members Prevent Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, From Voting

Boko Haram Members Prevent Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, From Voting

Boko Haram members  have prevented Yobe state governor, Ibrahim 
Gaidam, from voting.  A statement from the Director General, Media
affairs to the governor, Abdullahi Bego, said the early morning attacks
by the sect members in the state prevented the governor from
partaking in the exercise. He said the security agents advised the
governor to sacrifice participating in the election.

This is because of the incident in Gaidam town early in the day,
which has already been brought under control and voting is now underway
there, the security agencies would naturally seek to reinforce and
increase security around the governor for him to travel to cast his
vote.

“That increased security around the governor will mean that vital
security resources that are needed elsewhere in the state would have to
be diverted and allocated to the governor.

“The government made the decision – in consultation with the security
agencies – that it is better and more useful for the security agents,
including soldiers, police, Civil Defence, DSS, etc to focus their
attention on providing security for the election throughout the state.

“As things stand now, voting is going on successfully across the
state and His Excellency Governor Gaidam is pleased and grateful to the
people for the large turnout at polling units throughout the state”.

Governor Geidam, who is also a senatorial candidate in the
Presidential and National Assembly election, commended security agencies
for their effort to ensure a peaceful and successful election across
the State.