INEC Confirms Sensitive Materials For Edo Election Now In Benin ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #CDS #Christopher #edo #election #Gwarbin #INEC #Musa #NAF https://osazuwaakonedo.news/inec-confirms-sensitive-materials-for-edo-election-now-in-benin/18/09/2024/ #Breaking News Published: September 18th, 2024 Reshared: September 19, 2024 4:38 am Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed that the
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00:00Independent National Electoral Commission, ILEC has confirmed that the sensitive materials that
00:05will be used for this week's Saturday Edo state governorship election have arrived Benin City,
00:11the Edo state capital. ILEC made the confirmation via its social media handles few minutes ago.
00:19Photographs posted online showed that the sensitive materials were being
00:23airlifted into the state by the Nigerian Air Force. Sensitive materials for the Edo state
00:29governorship election, holding on Saturday the 21st of September 2024, arrived at Benin airport
00:37earlier today, ILEC stated. Also, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa
00:44has visited Edo state for on-the-spot assessment of the military preparedness for the coming
00:50election that has generated high of intention within and outside state. According to TBC News,
00:57upon arrival, the CDS visited the headquarters, 4th Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin City to ascertain
01:05troops' level of preparedness in support of the Nigeria Police for the conduct of the off-cycle
01:10gubernatorial election in Edo state scheduled for the 21st of September 2024. General Musa
01:18is also scheduled to meet with relevant stakeholders as to seek effective collaboration
01:23in making the election rancor-free. Nigerian Air Force has said that it has today, the 18th of
01:30September 2024, commenced the airlift of electoral materials for the Independent National Electoral
01:37Commission, INEC, in preparation for the Edo state governorship election 2024. This follows the earlier
01:44commitment made by the Chief of the Air Staff, CAS Air Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar, during a
01:51recent meeting with INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, when the cast had reiterated NAFES
01:57readiness to provide INEC with transport aircraft to facilitate the swift movement of election
02:03materials, as has been done in the past. This airlift demonstrates the NAFES commitment to
02:10fulfilling its constitutional role of providing military air to civil authority,
02:15Kabiru Ali, Group Captain, Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force stated.
02:25Sasuwa on Edo, bringing you the news in a more digital way.