The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced distribution of sensitive materials to the various states where the governorship and state houses of assembly supplementary election will be conducted this Saturday.
The materials according to available information are being conveyed by the Nigerian Air Force.
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar confirmed the development on Wednesday during the quarterly CAS conference with Branch Chiefs and Air Officers Commanding (AOC) at the headquarters of the Nigerian Air Force in Abuja.
He noted that “for the supplementary elections, our aircraft were able to convey some materials yesterday to Jalingo, Yola, and Bauchi.”
“Similarly we are rounding up the distribution of supplementary election materials to other areas the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wants us to go.”
He said the NAF was we were able to airlifts over 820,000 kilograms of electoral materials using eight aircraft to 31 different locations in Nigeria.
