The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed its electoral officers in the local government areas across the country ahead of today’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
It was learnt yesterday that the electoral officers had since resumed at their new duty posts.
Sources said the redeployment of the electoral officers was carried out by the commission to ensure the conduct of free and fair elections.
It was also said that the exercise was to prevent a situation whereby officers, who may have become familiar with politicians in their localities, compromised the elections.
The new electoral officer for the Ijebu Ode Local Government Area, Mr. Olaniyi Kayode, told The Nationyesterday that he did not envisage any problem today as they are fully prepared for the elections.
Kayode said all the “sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials” have been distributed as appropriate to areas and officials who would conduct the elections.
Accreditation, according to him, would commence at 8. 00 a.m. and end at 1. 00 p.m. while voting would start at 1.30 p.m. and end “until the last person on the queue must have voted and results would be declared on the spot after counting”.
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