By UPDATE! President And Reps Ballot Papers Available, Result Sheet And Others Unavailable
Fresh updates reaching BlackBox Nigeria disclosed that more sensitive materials are now arriving at various Polling Units across the country with few hours left to the commencement of the General Elections.
A source revealed that earlier on Friday, there were certainty that the election will be postponed due to late arrival of sensitive materials, but as at an hour ago, the exercise might go on as most of the expected materials are now being circulated with the use of choppers around the country. Materials said to have arrived include ballot papers for president’s election and that of House of Reps members while that of Senate and result sheets are still being expected.
It will be recalled that the 2015 General Elections was postponed due to security threats in some States in the North Eastern part of the country. BBN gathered that this year’s likely postponement will be purely because of incompetence of the current administration.
As at the time of filing this report, stakeholders of the nation’s electoral body, INEC are in an emergency meeting at International Conference Center, Abuja. BBN gathered that the meeting also has unnamed members of the Presidency. The venue is heavily guarded with mixed security operatives who have keep all journalists out of the Centre.
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