Lorry Conveying Ballot Boxes To Ibandan Arrested By Police

                            The trailer which was used to convey ballot boxes was arrested on the suspicion that it was carrying contraband items. It was later discovered that its contents were ballot boxes meant for the next month election in Osun State.

                      However, the trailer and the consignment were later released after police investigation revealed that the boxes were being transported to Osun State by INEC. The arrest created anxiety in political circles as politicians made effort to know if the boxes were empty or stuffed with ballot papers.

At a point, rumour spread in the city that a certain political party had connived with INEC to bring in thumb-printed ballot papers into Oyo State.

                            The spokesman for the Oyo State Police Command, Mr. Kayode Ajisebutu, could not confirm the incident. He said he was outside the state and could not get through to the Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the immediate past Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini, said INEC will no longer be the tool for manipulation by some politicians but a national institution committed to the conduct of free, fair and credible elections.

Jega, who inaugurated the hall, hoped the new REC would do the right thing.

The state chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee, Mr. Goddie Akpama, said under Igini’s watch the state was a hallmark of free, fair and credible elections.