By Promise Eze
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to local councils in Lagos in readiness for
According to The Nation Newspaper, the exercise is being carried out under the heavy presence of security agencies at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters, Marina, Lagos.
All security agencies, including the Police, Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps and the State Security Service, are supervising the distribution.
The deployment is also being carried out in the presence of journalists, observers — local and international, and party officials.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje, while speaking to journalists explained that the electoral officers would take the items to their councils where they would be sent to the polling units on Saturday morning.
“Party agents, international observers, security agencies are all on ground to witness the distribution process.
“You can see the synergy here. The DSS is also here. The commissioner of police has been here since 10:00am. We are loading the trucks that will go to various local governments,” he said.
