BARELY three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, there is significant military presence in some state capitals, The Guardian has learnt.
This comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to shift the general elections, earlier scheduled for February 14, 2015, to March 28, turned out to be a good one after all.
It specifically created opportunity for more potential voters — about 11 million of them who otherwise would have been unable to vote — to acquire the all-important Permanent Voter Cards (PVC).
Figures from the electoral umpire, indicate that, prior to February 7, 2015 postponement, the total number of collected PVCs was 45,829,808, representing 66.58 per cent of the total number of registered voters. But the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, disclosed that after the six week-postponement about 56,431,255, representing 81.98 per cent of the total number of voters have, by last Saturday, collected the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
Uneasy calm enveloped Kano yesterday, when security operatives were deployed to the metropolis. In what seems a show of strengthen, hundreds of security operatives attracted attention when they stormed the city in 30 brand-new Toyota Hilux vans, driving through major roads of the state.
In Lagos State, the soldiers were deployed at night and disbanded as early as 6 a.m., so they are not detected
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