The 2023 general elections will be conducted in super camps in 19 of the 27 Local government areas of Borno state due to security challenges being faced in those areas
This was disclosed by the Borno State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alh. Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim in press conference in Maiduguri, Friday.
Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim defined a ‘super camp’ as a place where elections can be conducted safely, saying that super camps will be prepared for that purpose before the elections
The REC said the residents of all the nine local government areas in Northern Borno Senatorial zone will cast their votes in super camps; as their counterparts in seven of the nine local government areas in the Central Senatorial zone do same.
The residents of three of the nine local government areas in the Southern Senatorial zone will also exercise their franchise in super camps, Ibrahim announced.
But residents of the remaining eight LGAs, comprising two in the central zone and six in the southern zone will cast their votes in the normal polling arrangement.
With the commencement of electioneering campaigns, the REC also said, “The commission is monitoring and tracking the campaign finances of parties and candidates.”
He, however, said the commission could only monitor and track such finances on visual materials used in the campaign, such as billboard advertisements, car branding and television jingles.
The REC said Borno State, has 27 LGAs, three Senatorial Districts, 10 Federal Constituencies and 28 State Constituencies, has 312 Registration Areas, 5071 Polling Units and 2,514,228 voters as contained in the preliminary Register of Voters.
