The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive electoral materials to the 21 Local Government Areas in Anambra for Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr. Elizabeth Agwu, stated this while distributing the materials at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) premises in Awka on Thursday.
She said: “We have inspected the sensitive material with the Commissioner of Police in charge of this election and other stakeholders involved.
“We have also concluded that the materials are all intact. Right now, we will start distributing them to the 21 LGAs in the state.”
Agwu listed the sensitive materials to include 2,802, 790 copies of ballot papers, 5,720 booklets of form EC 8A, and 287 booklets of form EC 8A for replacement.
Others are 326 booklets of form EC 8B, 73 booklets of form EC 8B for continuations, 21 booklets of form EC 8B for replacement, 21 booklets of form EC 8C, 21 booklets of form EC 8C for replacement, one booklet of form EC 8D, one booklet of form EC 8D for replacement, and one booklet of form EC 8E.
Also speaking, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the election, Abayomi Shogunle, expressed satisfaction with the security of the sensitive material.
Shogunle said 55,000 security personnel from various security agencies that would be involved in the election would be deployed in three per polling unit and other places.
He urged residents to come out en masse to vote, as adequate security arrangements have been made for all the stakeholders involved in the election.
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