Election Postponement: INEC Orders The Withdrawal Of Sensitive Election Materials

Election Postponement: INEC Orders The Withdrawal Of Sensitive Election Materials

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi state said the commission had started withdrawing all sensitive election materials issued out earlier for the 2019 general elections scheduled to hold today but was postponed by a week.

Ahmed Biambo, the INEC
Director of Voter Education and Publicity in Kogi state, who disclosed
this to newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday said that the materials were being
returned back to all the local government offices of INEC.

“Further
directive was being awaited on whether to return the sensitive
materials to the Central Bank of Nigeria or to the police armory for
safe keeping,” he said.

According to Mr. Biambo, the office
has also ordered immediate transportation of all the ad hoc staff,
especially National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members back to their
bases.

“The office did not receive ballot papers for the Kogi
East senatorial election until about 2am when the election was suddenly
postponed,” he said.