Edo: Tension As INEC Officials Dump Ballot Boxes, Result Sheets At Collation Centre

Ad hoc officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have expressed their discontent with the way they are being treated by the commission.

As a way of expressing their grievances, the officials  abandoned electoral materials at Girls Model Secondary School, Ubiaja, Esan south-east local government area of Edo state.

The protesting officials, comprising presiding officers and assistant presiding officers, bemoaned about poor treatment and condition of service.

They said apart from not paying their allowances, no provision was made for them to transport the electoral materials to the INEC head office in Benin, the state capital.

According to some of the observers on ground, the officials said they were asked to find a means of moving the materials to Benin.

“The angry polling officers and assistant polling officer complained of not being paid and that the INEC staff also asked them to carry electoral materials on their head to the INEC office,” a PTCIJ observer said.

“The materials consists of ballot papers, results sheets, forms and many others.

“The election materials are currently dumped at the INEC Collation Center in Girls Model Secondary School, Ubiaja.”

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