«To uncover the hijacking
of election materials in Andoni, Oyibo and Ogu - Bolu, the hostage taking in Akoku Toru, the physical attack and kidnapping of election personnel.»
He decried the high level of violence and thuggery witnessed in the exercise, adding that» on the eve of the election, thugs disrupted the
delivery of election materials to Registration Area Centres, a situation that prevented early deployment to the Polling Units on election day.
The Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre of the National Democratic Institute, Clement Nwankwo, somewhat a veteran in the monitoring of elections in Nigeria, told Channels Television on Saturday evening of several instances of violence and the
pilfering of election materials by officials.
The early election leaflets have been unearthed by the University of Bristol from its
archive of election material, believed to be the biggest of its kind in the UK.
Distribution of election materials, accreditation of journalists covering the poll, accreditation of election monitors and observers and all other crucial aspects are being concluded as the election holds on Wednesday.
9.31: Early arrival
of election materials was also witnessed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital.
He, however, pledged that INEC would work with security agencies to uncover and punish people who disrupted the distribution
of election materials and electoral processes in the Rivers rerun elections.
He said, «INEC will work with the security agencies to uncover and punish those who disrupted the distribution of election materials
NANS President explained that despite the complaints by the opposition over the alleged late arrival
of election materials, the swift intervention of the electoral body by extending the polls till 5 pm addressed the issue, satisfactorily, adding that «our observations from the polling units visited showed that the exercise was successful, peaceful and in accordance with the commission's guidelines».
They described handing over
of election materials to Secretary to the Government of Katsina State Dr Mustapha Inuwa as an attempt to enforce a pre-determined outcome by shutting out some eligible contestants.They added that the move was alien to APC guidelines.
Puss won't be able to vote in Singapore's upcoming elections, but with Nomination Day (1 September) drawing near, perhaps you can pass
him some of those election materials to help you make your choice!