2015 Elections: EU observers visit Buhari, rule out North-East monitoring
The EU Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) on Monday ruled out the possibility of monitoring the forthcoming general elections in the North-East due to insecurity in the region.
The Chief Election Observer for EU, Mr Santiago Ayxela, said this in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, the mission will deploy 90 observers to monitor the election across the country except the North-East region.
He added that the first batch of 30 observers had arrived the country while the second batch would be in Nigeria by Feb. 7 and final batch, before the elections.
“We can’t be in the North-East for security reasons.
‘But we have people deployed very close to the North-East and we have contacts there and so, we will try to get better information as much as we can have on the region.
“The present situation does not allow us to go to the North-East,’’ Ayxela said.
Source: http://ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/2819-2015-elections-eu-observers-visit-buhari-rule-out-north-east-monitoring
The Chief Election Observer for EU, Mr Santiago Ayxela, said this in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him, the mission will deploy 90 observers to monitor the election across the country except the North-East region.
He added that the first batch of 30 observers had arrived the country while the second batch would be in Nigeria by Feb. 7 and final batch, before the elections.
“We can’t be in the North-East for security reasons.
‘But we have people deployed very close to the North-East and we have contacts there and so, we will try to get better information as much as we can have on the region.
“The present situation does not allow us to go to the North-East,’’ Ayxela said.
Source: http://ereporter.com.ng/index.php/political-news/item/2819-2015-elections-eu-observers-visit-buhari-rule-out-north-east-monitoring
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