Alhaji Goni Usman, Head, Voter Education and Public Relations, said this while addressing newsmen in Damaturu.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yobe
said on Monday that it had retrieved all sensitive materials deployed to
the 17 local government areas in the state, and taken them to the
Central Bank of Nigeria, Damaturu, for safekeeping.
Alhaji Goni Usman, Head, Voter Education and Public Relations, said this while addressing newsmen in Damaturu.
He said that the sensitive materials, which
included ballot papers and result sheets, were returned from the council
areas to the apex bank, to ensure their safety.
“The non-sensitive materials were
safely kept in the respective local government areas but, we returned
the sensitive materials to the central bank for safety,” he said.
Usman assured that none of the materials was
tampered with before the postponement of last Saturday’s presidential
and National Assembly elections.
He said that the electoral body was making all necessary arrangements for a transparent, free and fair election in the state.
“INEC has demonstrated high sense of
transparency; engaging all stakeholders at every level of the election
process toward ensuring free, fair and credible election,” the official said.