By Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti
Ahead of Saturday`s Election, Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in Ekiti State, has distributed sensitive materials
to the 16 local government areas of the state for the smooth conduct
of House of Assembly election in the State.
The distribution, according to the Acting Resident Electoral
Commissioner in the state, Dr Muslim Omoleke, was done in the presence
of security agencies and parties' representatives.
The governorship election was held in the state on July 14, 2018,
which produced Dr Kayode Fayemi, leaving the state with only Assembly
election as the next gubernatorial poll will hold in 2022.
Speaking with newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, Omoleke assured that
the commission won't disappoint Ekiti voters with the conduct of the
election.
He advised all the regular and ad hoc staff to shed the toga of
politics, by displaying patriotism through neutrality and shunning of
corrupt tendencies that could mar the poll.
"The sensitive and non-sensitive materials have been distributed to all the
council areas under heavy security cover.
" We are not taking anything for granted. We tracked all the vehicles
to ensure that those materials were not diverted.
"We did not only distribute the materials , but we partnered the
security agencies to ensure that they are on ground in all the LGs to
protect them till Saturday.
"Early on Saturday, the materials will be distributed to the wards for
onward distribution to the units.
"Our projection is that the elections must start at 8am simultaneously
in all the 2,195 polling units on Saturday .
"So, the materials, including the reconfigured smart card readers,
ballot boxes and papers are in safe custody and under heavy police
protection".
Omoleke charged the security agencies and the electorate to be civil
and comport the lives well for the success of the election.
" We did not disappoint during the presidential and National assembly
elections and we promise that we will do better in this assembly
election", he said.
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