LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State (INEC), has disclosed that a total of 17,562 ad-hoc staffs have been deployed for the 25 February presidential election.
Speaking during a security meeting, Mr. Oyekola Oyelana, the Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ondo State, expressed the commission’s readiness to conduct a free, fair, and credible election.
He said: āThe commission in Ondo state is deploying 17,562 ad- hoc personnel to serve in various capacities in Saturdayās elections.
āINEC has been sensitizing people to the use of BVAS in the election. BVAS is going to be used for accreditation alongside thumbprint and facial (accreditation). We donāt have any problem with this.ā
In spite of the ongoing instability in the nation, Oyelami addressed the public’s concerns by announcing that the election will proceed as scheduled.
āThe INEC does not have any problem. The arrangement has been made to make sure that this election goes as scheduled,ā he stressed.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oyeyemi Oyediran, in his remark, disclosed that 7,000 security men would be at work for the election.
Security officers to be deployed includes the Police, men of the Nigerian Army, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, and the Nigeria Navy among others.
āI want to inform the public that they should rest assured that the poll is going to be peaceful and we are all ready for that purpose. Thuggery alongside other related vices will not be allowed.ā