The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has placed the blame on some unseen forces for the late arrival of officials and election materials in some Kogi governorship polling units on Saturday.
This was said by Mr Haliru Sule, the state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, in a Saturday interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja.
According to him:
“As an election umpire, INEC made adequate preparations for this off circle governorship election, yet we still experienced some hitches here and there.
“To us these hitches are deliberate sabotage by some unseen forces.
“We didn’t expect the sudden dearth of vehicles that could transport our Adhoc staff and materials to their respective polling units.
“But all the same, we tried our best and over came the challenges, which gave room for smooth and peaceful conduct of the election,” he said.
“We are confident that at the end of the exercise, it would be said that it was free, fair, credible and successful.
“We are appreciative of the efforts of the security operatives at giving our personnel and the electorates adequate security cover for a peaceful and successful election.”
cc: Vanguard Ng
