NIGER 2020 POLLS!!!STORY OF TWO LLELA’S UNEARTHED BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,NOBEL LAUREATE

NIGER 2020 POLLS!!!STORY OF TWO LLELA’S UNEARTHED BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU,NOBEL LAUREATE The story has being uncovered of two human habitations both called by the same names but on different sides of both Nigeria and its next door neighbor by the Sahara Desert ,Niger Republic ,Lleila both in Sokoto State and Tahoua Region respectively in each of the nations. When The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria had the chance of visiting such border posts like that of Seme ,Idi Iroko ,Igholo in Ogun state ,Hilankhondji between Togo and Benin Republic ,Aflao Border posts between Ghana and Togo ,couple of years ago one thing that struck him was that apart from what looked like offices for the immigration personnel and other security apparatus of each of the nations as put in place by the respective nations there was no form of fence separating each nation. Infact somebody once told this reporter that in a particular part of the boundary in Akwa Ibom separating the state and Cameroun ,only a mere stream separated Nigeria and the Camerouns. For example ,You could be in a part of Seme as a town and you are said to be on the Nigerian section and at the same time you could still be on another part of Seme town and you will be told you are on the Benin Republic section and yet by socio cultural accounts and antecedents it is still the same Seme Township despite the geo political separation. However in Llela Town ,the story is somewhat different as there is a town with a full fledged local government area named after it and this is to be found in Sokoto state of Nigeria . But unknown to many albeit consciously, out /going President of Niger Republic ,Mahamadou Issoffou hails from the LLela further in the hinterland and this time from a region of Niger Republic simply called Tahoua . It is not immediately known whether there is a direct socio cultural links or lineage between Llela in Nigeria and Niger Republic in modern times but it would appear that both have a lot of Hausa /Fulani links or orientation in origin. When this reporter engaged ,Mr Sani Zakari ,A Fulani who hails from Llela in Sokoto state on the startling discovery about Mahamadou Issoffous birth place,he simply shrugged it off as a mere coincidence and noted that there was no way anyone who is Nigerian will deliberately wish to claim to be from Niger Republic considering the opportunity the nation ,Nigeria provides . Meanwhile at least 7.4 million Nigerienne recently voted in its Presidential and legislative polls. A total of 30 different candidates took part in the Presidential polls with Mohammed Bazoum believed to be the preferred candidate of President Mahammadou Issouffou .. Other candidates are the likes of Seini Oumarou of The National Movement For Social Development ,Boubacar Cisse of The Union For Democracy and Republic ,Mahamane Ousmane of the Renewed Democratic and Republican Party ,Ibrahim Yacouba of The Patriotic Movement of Niger amongst several others. A second round of The Presidential elections ,a successful candidate is expected to be able to get 50.1 percent of the total votes casted so as to be fit enough to be declared as President . However ,if no candidate scores 50.1percent of the total votes casted, The Independent National Electoral Commission [C.E.N.I,who have vowed to conduct a hitch free 2020 elections will then organize a second round of elections between two top most winners on the 20/02/2021 to determine the real champion of Niamey,Niger Republics capital. At least 171 seats were also competed for at the nations recent Parliamentary elections alongside that of its Presidency