Council boss promises peaceful 2011 polls
Ahead of 2011
general elections, the Chairman of Okehi local government council in
Kogi State, Suberu Adagu Abubakar, has reassured the people of the area
that there will be peaceful, free and fair elections unlike in the past
where the area witnessed acts of violence during elections.
Mr Abubakar, who
disclosed this while speaking in an interview with the reporters in
Lokoja, said the youth district have learnt their lessons and will not
allow themselves to be used again.
The council boss explained that there is relative peace in the
senatorial zone where his council is located following the series of
peace meeting, seminars, symposium and peace advocacy to every nook and
crannies of the zone. He stated that efforts are being made to
rehabilitate must of the youths who are prone to restiveness in the
area, adding that the result now is inherent in the five local
government areas with everybody is going about their normal businesses.
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