Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday visited Abeokuta, Ogun State.
While addressing newsmen at the scene of the burnt INEC office in Abeokuta South Local Government, Yakubu said he was in Ogun to further assess the extent of damage done to the INEC facility.
He said the visit was also to meet his staff in the place they have relocated to in Oke-Ilewo, to boost their morale.
In his words, “the INEC boss assured the people of Abeokuta South that none of them would be disenfranchised in the 2023 general elections, in spite of the attack.
He said the commission is putting efforts in top gear to replace all the materials lost to the inferno.
“We lost 65,699 PVCs, and we want to assure all those that have not collected their PVCs who may have been affected that we are making plans to reprint the PVCs quickly and to bring them back to Abeokuta South for people to collect and vote,” he said.
The Professor stressed that the…
