CHRICED, in a statement, yesterday, signed by the Executive Director, Dr. Ibrahim Zikirullahi, also urged the citizens to refrain from any electoral malpractice or violence during the elections.
Earlier scheduled for March 11, exigencies necessitated a shift in the date. However, when Nigerians go to the polls tomorrow, the Abuja original inhabitants and all residents of the Federal Capital Territory will painfully sit back and watch the rest of the country exercise this inalienable political right. They have been denied the opportunity to vote, the Centre lamented.
“By the stroke of Decree 6, the over two million inhabitants were rendered homeless, stateless, landless and forced to confront decolonisation and deprivation challenges. Today, the original inhabitants are politically excluded, economically marginalised and culturally emasculated.