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INEC Pleased With Prompt Arrival Of Materials

One of the nine INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners deployed to Bayelsa state to supervise the governorship election in Bayelsa state, Mrs. Caroline Okpe has expressed satisfaction with the early arrival of materials to several polling units in parts of the state. 

Okpe who is the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Nasarawa state spoke at Polling unit 008 Kpansia Sisibir Primary school in Yenagoa while monitoring the exercise.
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According to her, the early arrival was due to the deployment of Electoral Officials to the Registration Area Centres, RACs where they slept overnight.

When asked why voting did not commence on time despite the early arrival of the INEC officials, the REC said that though they arrived on time they had to wait for the official time to commence voting.

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She appealed to the electorate to continue to  maintain peace to avoid cancellation of their votes as a result of violence.
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