Kogi Election: INEC confirms distribution of materials amidst tight security

INEC VOTING PROCESS

Ahead of the fourth coming Gubernatorial elections in Kogi state, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), on Friday, said it had distributed elections materials amid tight security, ahead of today’s governorship election in Kogi State. The electoral body also assured citizens of Kogi state and Nigeria in general of free and fair election in the state.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Halilu Pai, said that 239 e-collation centres had been established to ensure a fast and efficient collation process.

Mr Halilu, stated that technical officers will be deployed to fix any error arising from malfunctioning of the  card reader machines.

It was learnt that a sum total number of 13,000 ad hoc workers have been trained for three day to ensure effective conduct of the governorship election.

Pai said a total number of 1,397,786 voters registered in the 21 local government areas of the state.

According to a report by SaharaReporters , INEC officials in the state, received sensitive election materials in Lokoja on Thursday and then followed them to various locations with tight security.

“The materials distributed include ballot papers and result sheets,” the REC said.