Three (3) days to the rescheduled 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has achieved 95% reconfiguration of card readers for the rescheduled polls.
Speaking on the preparations of the electoral umpire, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has given an update on the body's preparations for the elections rescheduled to begin on Saturday.
Addressing a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Yakubu, who had earlier briefed stakeholders on the commission's preparations, spoke to newsmen on efforts to ensure free, fair and credible elections.
Yakubu said that anyone who engages in ballot box snatching during the rescheduled general elections will be punished according to the law.
He also explained that, contrary to allegations that its National Commissioner, Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, was arrested and detained by the Department of State Services, none of its personnel has been apprehended by any law enforcement agent.
Yakubu made these clarifications during a press briefing at the Abuja International Conference Centre, venue of the 2019 general elections collation center, where he stated that “95 percent of the Smart Card Readers have been reconfigured” in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections rescheduled for this Saturday.
