Edo Election: INEC receives sensitive materials amid tight security
The Independent National Electoral Commission has taken conveyance of delicate materials in front of the Sept. 28 governorship race.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Sam Olumekun, unveiled this to newsmen in Benin on Monday.
Our reporter accumulated that the touchy materials were given over to the commission in the midst of tight security by the police, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army.
Olumekun said the conveyance of touchy materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria had demonstrated the status of the commission to direct the governorship decision.
He said the commission would start dissemination later in the day.
He said the commission would guarantee a straightforward race on Wednesday.
In the interim, the Nigerian Army has reinforced security around the state.
A unit of fighters mounted a barricade around 20m from the Benin-Ore tollgate searching vehicles coming into the capital city.
There were additionally police vehicles watching the roads of Benin.
Our journalist likewise watched substantial nearness of security men and a few police checkpoints along Benin-Owo street.
Discoveries from the Oba market uncovered that occupants had begun stocking their homes with nourishment because of the strain produced between the two driving gatherings – the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
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