BREAKING: INEC Officials Stranded in Kogi Over Transportation to Polling Units, Photos Emerge
The Kogi state gubernatorial election has commenced on the wrong foot as some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials were reportedly stranded in Lokoja, the state capital.
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As reported by Punch, the INEC officials assigned to different polling units in Lokoja for the November 11 governorship elections are currently struggling to get vehicles at the Ajayi Crowther Memorial School.
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The officials, which include corps members and other ad-hoc staff hired for the election, were said to have gone to the school to collect election materials.
Despite receiving the necessary electoral materials, the officials lamented the lack of transportation to their designated polling units.
As of the time of this report, officials were still stranded as no means of transportation to their various polling units was in sight.
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It was gathered that amid the situation, one of the electoral officials suggested that the voters should arrange a means of transporting them to enable them to get to their polling units on time.
Presently, only three mini-buses are available to transport over two hundred electoral officials.
Source: Legit.ng
