PHOTOS: INEC distributes sensitive materials to LGAs ahead of Ondo guber

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ondo State has distributed sensitive materials ahead of the governorship election slated for Saturday.

Toyin Babalola, the state resident electoral commissioner (REC), monitored the exercise on Thursday at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Akure, the state capital.

She assured residents, political parties and all stakeholders, of the commission’s readiness to conduct transparent, free and fair election.

Babalola said the early distribution of the sensitive materials was to show the commission’s readiness for the election.

“You can see that the distribution exercise is going on very smoothly. The farthest local governments have started moving to their local governments,” she said.

“All the other local governments have received their materials, they are checking and they are loading the vehicles.

“I’m sure in another one and a half hours, we should be out of it. You can see the logistics we are distributing today and this is just 10 minutes after 12pm, the vehicles are already moving. Ilaje has left, Ese-Odo has left. Okitipuwa and Irele are loading. They will soon leave.

“Then we will move to the next set. We are on course. We are moving. The movement is not local government by local government. We are doing simultaneous movement.

“The difficult terrain on water are in Ilaje and Ese-Odo and we have identified those areas and we are going to have boats that will transport men and materials. We also have the support of the Navy. They are giving us gunboats to secure the movement.

“For the land where we have difficult terrain, we will move out to the place where vehicle can reach and we will continue the rest with suitable means of transportation.”

The REC appealed to the political parties to avoid violence on the election day.