By Tony Adibe
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that sensitive election materials have arrived in Enugu for the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) in Enugu State, Mr. Rex Achumie confirmed this to newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday. According to Achumie, “INEC top officials have gone to inspect sensitive materials received at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Enugu branch.
“Just this morning, we went to CBN, Enugu branch, to confirm receipt of sensitive materials, especially the election result sheets. However, INEC will be distributing the result sheets in full glare of heads of security agencies, political parties, media, observers and other stakeholders on Thursday, February 23, from the CBN.”
But a NewsBits correspondent observed the arrival of 1, 088 cartons containing the Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine at INEC state headquarters in Enugu. Each of the cartons has four BVAS machines, totalling 4,352 for the state.
NewsBits learnt that the BVAS machines would be deployed to the 4,145 polling units across 260 Registration Area Centres and 17 council areas of the state.
