Edo Election: Voting commences in Oredo, INEC assures materials intact despite attack by hoodlums

 

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have commenced the polling exercise at the Oredo Girls Secondary School, located in Awo street.

 

INEC officials arrived at the four polling units located in the school premises around 8:10am and set up their stations.

The polling units are – 5, 6, 7 and 8 at Ward 11 Ogbelaka/Nekpenekpen.

Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its election materials at the Oredo Local Government office of Edo State are intact despite reports of an attempt by hoodlums to hijack the materials.

Thugs were said to have attacked the office shortly after the materials arrived from the Central Bank branch in Benin City, the state capital, on Thursday.

The Edo State Government had raised the alarm over the attack on the INEC Collation Centre, calling on the Nigerian military to ensure that all Collation Centres were secured against political thugs to ensure the integrity of today’s election.

Speaking on the incident, N.S. Osakue, the assistant electoral officer in charge of the local government, however, stated that all the election materials for the local government were intact.

“People came, they were on their own, and we are on our own. Our materials are intact.”

Mrs Osakue, who declined to comment on the attack, however, noted that there was an established means of communication.

“We have the Public Affairs Department; they are the only ones who can address the media,” she said.