Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday approved the deployment of three national commissioners and seven Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to the state.
Head, Voter Education and Publicity Department in the Lokoja office of INEC, Alhaji Ahmed Biambo, disclosed this to NAN.
He said the three national commissioners include Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, Chief Solomon Soyebi and retired Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Mu’azu.
According to him, the affected RECs are Malam Ibrahim Abdullahi, Prof. Riskuwa Sheu and Mr. Emeka Ononamadu from Bauchi, Kano and Enugu states, respectively.
Biambo said that the three RECs had arrived in Lokoja earlier to join the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam, preparatory to the state governorship election scheduled for November 16.
He said that the remaining four RECs would arrive in the state on November 9 to join their colleagues.
They are REC Benue State, Dr. Goshe Yilwatda; REC, Lagos State, Mr. Sam Olumekun; REC, Rivers State, Mr. Obo Effanga, and REC, Gombe State, Malam Umaru Ibrahim.
Biambo said they were deployed to strengthen staff on ground to conduct a free, fair and credible election.
He also assured the people that their vote would count during the election, but urged them to be peaceful and avoid negative actions before, during and after the poll.
