By DRAMA AS SENSITIVE MATERIAL FOR KANO ARRIVES IN OYO
A mild drama played out yesterday, Wednesday at the Central Bank of Nigeria branch in Dugbe, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after the Form EC8B of the Independent National Electoral Commission meant for Kano State was found in the election material deliveries meant for Oyo.
The form, which is one of the sensitive election materials, is the result sheet for a particular ward within a state.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered that a journalist with the Punch Newspaper while moving round the CBN premises around 5.30pm to monitor the sorting of the materials, a group of INEC officials, including ad hoc ones, suddenly raised an alarm.
“Eh! For Kano… Noted,” they exclaimed, as a woman raised up the form.
According to a senior official of the Commission supervising the sorting when asked how the discovery would be handled, he answered thus:
“We will give it to the CBN to return it to Kano State as soon as possible,” the official, who did not disclose his name, said.
The official added that the sensitive materials would be dispatched to different local government areas of the state as soon as the sorting ends.
