The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed some unseen forces for late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling units for Saturdayโs Kogi governorship election.
The state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, Mr Haliru Sule, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Saturday.
โAs an election umpire, INEC made adequate preparations for this off circle governorship election, yet we still experienced some hitches here and there.
โTo us these hitches are deliberate sabotage by some unseen forces.
โWe didnโt expect the sudden dearth of vehicles that could transport our Adhoc staff and materials to their respective polling units.
โBut all the same, we tried our best and over came the challenges, which gave room for smooth and peaceful conduct of the election,โ he said.
He added: โWe are confident that at the end of the exercise, it would be said that it was free, fair, credible and successful.
โWe are appreciative of the efforts of the security operatives at giving our personnel and the electorates adequate security cover for a peaceful and successful election.โ
(NAN)
