Due to the
upcoming election all land and sea borders were closed last night while
international flights to and from Nigeria will be suspended by midnight today
as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect the President and members of
the National Assembly.
With just 48
hours to the election, residents besieged the markets to buy foodstuff with
prices of food items sky-rocketing, even as the Department of State Services
has urged voters to be vigilant in crowded environments.
The United
Nations on its part appealed to Nigerians to disappoint all the prophets of
doom by conducting a peaceful election just as the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, the Police and the Army have expressed their
preparedness for the polls.
Announcing
the closure of borders yesterday in a statement by the Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, the Federal Government said: “All
borders will effectively be closed from midnight March 25, to midnight
Saturday, March 28 to allow for the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming
national elections.”
The statement
added that the Nigeria Immigration Service had been directed to ensure that
non-Nigerians do not participate in any part of the election process.
Why the tight security?
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