Some
members of the National Youth Service Corps posted outside Lokoja, the
Kogi State capital, have expressed worry over their
safety in their
places of assignment for Saturday’s polls.
The corps
members, who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity
at the Lokoja Township Stadium, said their Places of Primary Assignments
are in Lokoja but were posted to other local government areas by the
Independent National Electoral Commission because they are in excess.
Although
the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state, Halilu Pai, has
allayed fears over their security, the corp members said they are not
too relaxed going outside Lokoja.
“The INEC
officials said we are above the needed numbers in Lokoja, so they have
to move some of us to other local governments,” a male corps member
posted to Okene Local Government said.
“I have
heard many things about Okene and I am not too comfortable with going
there but they have told us that we shall be safe, I still would have
preferred Lokoja.”
A female corps member, who gave her name as Ada, said she believes the elections would go without trouble.
She said,
“I am posted to Ibunu Local Government but I am not really convinced
about the arrangements because we were not carried along apart from the
assurances we were given.
“I believe the polls will go smoothly but our safety is really worrying me.”
About 400 corps members were posted out of the state capitals.
Source:Punch Newspaper.
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