Sensitive materials for Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State have arrived at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) facility in Osogbo for distribution to the state’s 30 local government areas.
The materials, brought in trucks from Abuja, were being unloaded at the CBN facility as preparations for the August 15 election stepped up.
Distribution was originally scheduled to start at 8am Thursday, but as of around 9:50pm, the materials were still being offloaded.
The postponement came after reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had to reprint ballot papers after the late addition of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the final list of contestants.
The development brought the number of candidates for the governorship election to 15 from 14.
The additional printing exercise is believed to have affected the original schedule for moving the sensitive materials to the local government areas.
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After the offloading process is completed, the materials are expected to be distributed to the 30 LGAs before being moved to polling units ahead of voting.
Sensitive election materials usually comprise ballot papers, result sheets and other documents needed for the conduct and collation of election results.
The materials arrived less than 48 hours before voters in Osun State go to the polls to elect the next governor.
