Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Edo State, sensitive materials for the conduct of the election have arrived the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in Benin-City branch.
The materials reportedly arrived the apex bank on Wednesday.
Confirming the arrival of the materials, Head of Voter Education and Publicity, in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State, Timidi Wariowei, stated that the Commission was at the CBN to inspect the sensitive materials comprising ballot papers and the results sheets.
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According to Wariowei, “We are set for the election. From tomorrow morning as early as 7.30am we will start the distribution to various Local Government Areas.”
On his part, the Edo State Chairman of the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Kelly Ogbaloi, stated that party agents were invited by INEC to inspect the materials at the CBN.
Said he, “Everything is intact, we just inspected the materials and we are satisfied.”
