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THE EU Election Observation
Mission (EU EOM), on Monday,
ruled out the possibility of
monitoring the forthcoming
general election 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, Major-General
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 in
the country, while the second
batch would be in Nigeria by
February 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. Ayxela further said the
planned election was
important to Nigeria and the
EU, stressing that whatever
happened to Nigeria would
affect the whole of Africa and the EU. He said the mission would
monitor the process and
conduct of stakeholders to
ensure compliance with
relevant laws, not only on the
day of the elections but before and after the polls. Reacting to questions on how
the 90 observers would
effectively monitor the
120,000 polling units, Ayxela
said, ‘it is not possible to cover
everything. “I can’t tell you that we will
cover all the wards either for
this election or for any other
election, Nigeria is a very big
country with so many
inhabitants.”He, however, expressed
optimism that the delegation
would meet President
Goodluck Jonathan, who is the
PDP presidential candidate in
the February14 election. Reacting, Buhari commended
the EU for its activities in
ensuring that it monitors the
election process. Also, during a visit to the
national leadership of PDP, in
Abuja, on Monday,
Ambassador Ayxela said the
mission had been in the
country since mid-November monitoring political activities,
including the just-concluded
parties primaries and other
events leading to the general
election. The mission chief noted that
members of his team were
rich in quality and assured that
they would not interfere in the
conduct of the election. “I will give you an example: it
is like a football match, we are
not the referee, we are just
spectators,” he said. In his remark, PDP national
secretary, Professor Wale
Oladipo, said the party would
not go back on the peace
accord despite the recent
attacks on its campaign train by suspected supporters of the
All Progressives Congress
(APC.) “On the Abuja Accord PDP
stands. Only yesterday, there
was a meeting of national
peace committee that was set
up by eminent Nigerians and
the party attended the meeting and we resolved that
the Abuja Accord is good for
this country, it is good for our
future, for our economy, for
our image and our well-
being,” he said. On the attacks on PDP
campaign vehicles in Suleja,
Niger State, at the weekend,
he condemned the incident but
restated that the party could
continue to observe the spirit of the peace accord. http://nigeriacamera.net/we-wont-monitor-elections-in-north-east-eu/

it depend. If your family is poor=burden. If your family ís rich=blessing.

And this children will fight the Nigerian army? No no no! Just give them biscuit and they will forget their mission.

What is the future of the North if they continues this way?

let them wait in advance.

like sey e concern me.

this is a gross man's inhumanity to man. I wount be suprise if people with a hunch-back are hunted in Nigeria as in 9ja version. Then blame it on GEJ.

lets try fresh blood because new broom sweeps better.(not apc broom o!)

God forbid bad things!

alright. APC blame it on GEJ

SR at it again?

who cares?

like papa like pikin

if jega can not be transparence let him resign no qualm.i can do better.

if jega can not be transparence let him resign no qualm.i can do better.

i don't believe this.

everything turning aroud to the good of GEJ

lies!

isokay

who did that?

Lets be sincere here. Can you die for Nigeria especially in the hand of boko haram? I will not die for somebody that will not die for me. I am not sure Nigeria will die for me.

let him contest without cert. A loser will lose.

GEJ will do more than this.just vote here

RIP

this is it.

if you ask me,i will say let buhari contest in the 2015 election with or without certificate.a loser will always lose.

pledging is one thing,redeeming is another thing.

honourhim:
hahahaha,,,nwannem. O nwere ike i gbanwe o.

acho gim ya. Arusi ona eje uka?

They are similarities in other MOG prophesies

GEJ is working!

basty:
As a graduate with First degree, I am better than Ebele Azikwe Badluck Jonathan.
The first incumbent president to loose election in Nigeria.

if GEJ finally wins, you will regrete your comment.