Mafa Town in Borno witnessed
large turnout of voters on Saturday in spite of an attempted attack by the Boko
Haram insurgents on Friday night.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole successfully repelled an attack
coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in Mafa town, Mafa Local Government Area
of Borno.
A Civilian Joint Task Force,
Bulama Goni, who witnessed the incident, said the Boko Haram truck entered the
town by 6:15 pm, but was repelled by the high firepower of the military.
Goni said scores of the
insurgents were killed, while others escaped with injuries.
The General Officer Commanding
(GOC) 7 Division, and Commander Sector 1, Operation Lafiya Dole, Bulama Biu, a
Brigadier-General, confirmed the attack to NAN in an interview.
Mr Biu said the troops repelled
the attack when the insurgents attempted to infiltrate the community on Friday
evening.
He said “troops are in the
position to protect the voters, election workers and materials for the election
in Mafa and other parts of the state.
NAN reporter who visited Mafa
local government to monitor the voting exercise reports the voting was peaceful
amidst tight security.
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) Head of Election in Mafa, Musa Amsha, who briefed the GOC,
said voting began at 8 a.m. in all the polling centres of the Local Government
Area.
Also speaking, the DPO in Mafa
town, Jidda Lawal, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said by about
11:30 a.m, most of the voters had voted.
An IDP from Muna camp, Bashir
Bulama, told NAN: “I thank God I have voted and I thank our security agencies
for providing protection during the whole exercise”.
The All Progressive Congress
(APC) governorship candidate, Babagana Zulum, who casted his vote in Mafa, also
commended voters for coming out en mass to vote.
(NAN)
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com