The National Electoral Commission in Lagos State, on Sunday, said it has retrieved all sensitive materials for the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections earlier distributed to the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. INEC Spokesman in Lagos State, Mr. Femi Akinbiyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that all sensitive materials had been retrieved and kept in the Central Bank of Nigeria under security watch. He said that the sensitive materials, which comprised ballot papers and result sheets, had been distributed at the three senatorial districts before they were later moved to the 20 LGAs. Akinbiyi said that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police had monitored the exercise in some local governments. “The instruction from the INEC headquarters was that all sensitive materials should be moved back to the CBN and the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State was in Ikeja today to supervise such movement.

Source: Punch February 17, 2019 18:45 UTC