There was a little confusion at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dugbe , Ibadan , the Oyo State capital , during the sorting of election materials by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) while the Form EC 8 B meant for Kano State was found in the election material deliveries meant for Oyo .
The form, which is one of the sensitive election materials, is the result sheet for a particular ward within a state.
While moving round the CBN premises in the evening, around 5:30 pm to monitor the sorting of the materials, a group of INEC officials, including ad hoc staff, suddenly raised an alarm.
“Eh! For Kano… Noted,” they exclaimed, as a woman raised up the form.
One of them subsequently took the form to a superior INEC official, who documented it in a register.
While asking the senior official of the Commission supervising the sorting on how the discovery would be handled.
The official who did not disclose his name relied that, “We will give it to the CBN to return it to Kano State as soon as possible”.
Asked if there were other discoveries of such, he said, “For now, that is the only one we have found. ”
The official added that the sensitive materials would be dispatched to different local government areas of the state as soon as the sorting ends.
Efforts to get the comment of the INEC Head of Publicity in the state, Mr Olayiwola Arowolo , on the development proved abortive as calls made to his line were not answered .
The Resident Electoral Commission in the state, Mr . Mutiu Agboke , had also yet to reply to a text message sent to his line as of the time of filing this report .
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