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.