No ceasefire on the occasion of the election campaign in Niger. While Nigerians are being called upon this Sunday, December 27, to elect their president and their deputies, jihadists are talking about them in the Lake Chad region and on the border with Mali. Rural political leaders make the issue of security one of their main themes.
as reported from Niamey, Moussa Kaka
Despite the smooth campaign across Niger, the jihadists joined the dance. They have carried out two attacks in recent days. In the first in Toumour in the Lake Chad region, BokoHaram massacred 34 civilians, all Nigerian refugees on 13 December. In the second, earlier in the week, not far from the Malian border, an army patrol was ambushed: five soldiers and four jihadists were killed.
There is no ceasefire during the election. As a result, all candidates made security one of the main themes of their campaign, each proposing their solutions to resolving the security crisis, from better living conditions for soldiers to increasing numbers and salaries, including greater procurement. military equipment.
One of the candidates proposes to improve the transparency of resource management to avoid embezzlement of funds. An allusion to the audit of the Ministry of National Defense, which revealed the embezzlement of tens of thousands of billions of CFA francs.
The Defense and Security Forces provided all escorts of candidates, often at remote locations. No procession of the leader was concerned, according to our information. But in some areas of state of emergency and perpetual insecurity, many Nigerian villagers risk not voting.
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