Boko Haram Race: Transport Fare rises in Adamawa

Transport fare has increased due to mass
Transportation of people from a certain part
of Adamawa state to other parts as a result
of threats from the Boko Haram insurgents.
Reports says; travelling from Mubi to Yola has increased by almost 400 per cent. "We used to pay N1,000 from
Mubi, but today I paid N5,000," said Aliyu
Buba, a student from Mubi.
The state university in the town has been
shut, over fears of an imminent Boko Haram
attack.
The annexation of territories by the
insurgents Islamic Caliphate has seriously
affected six local councils in the northern
part of the state.
They are: Madagali, Michika, Mubi North,
Mubi South and Maiha local government
areas.
Today as voters were issued with permanent
voters card for the 11 October bye election,
the councils were excluded and all indications
are that the registered voters there will not
be able to vote. They need the PVC to do so.
Meanwhile, the Adamawa Inter-Agency
Consultative Committee on Election Security
(ICCES) said the election will go ahead.
The assurance is contained in a statement
jointly signed by AIG John Abakasanga,
Chairman of ICCES, and the INEC Resident
Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr
Kassim Gaidam.
"For the avoidance of doubt, the date for the
Adamawa State by-election stands 11th
October 2014, and these resolutions are
subject to the approval of the Chairman of
INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega," the statement said.
It said the distribution of PVC was suspended
"until such a time when normalcy is restored
to the aforementioned local government
areas, meaning that voters in those areas
shall use their Temporary Voters' Cards (TVC)
to vote for the elections"
.