Ballot meant for the Nigerian presidential election were found yesterday at the premises of a local printer in the Essex area of London.
According to Sahara Reporters, the sensitive election materials, which ought to have arrived in Nigeria earlier in the week, were unsecured at the premises of Panther Printing Services in London.
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Our source was able to confirm that a Nigerian firm named Cemoz International Limited had been contracted to print some ballot papers for the 2015 presidential elections.
A spokesman for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Kayode Idowu, confirmed that that Cemoz International Limited was one of the firms awarded the contract to print ballot papers.
It appears that, upon getting the contract, Cemoz went shopping for printers in London to print the ballot papers and then contracted these other printers to serially number the ballot papers. Although the ballot papers for the presidential elections for several southwest states were seen lying around the premises of the printing company in Essex, a staff at the company, speaking to a correspondent of SaharaReporters, said the firm only had the contract to print some of the ballot papers for Jigawa State.
Thinking that our correspondent worked for Cemoz, the representative of the Essex-based company asked if we could give them more jobs, adding that their company had mastered how to print ballot papers.
Our source later obtained a bill of lading showing that Cemoz planned to ship the ballot papers to Nigeria a few hours before February 14th, the day initially sect aside for the presidential election. INEC subsequently postponed the election for six weeks.
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INEC should explain this one.
ReplyDeleteExplain what?
DeleteThe contract award or who got the contract?
The contractor was obviously lousy and did not know the security implications of giving a London road side printer such a hob to do.
INEC needs to be careful to pre-qualify whoever gets such job in future
it's a purely hand work of PDP
ReplyDeleteNE what is d essence of this publication, since u've got d legality behind d deal
ReplyDeleteExactly, comic had the rights to legally print the presidential ballot Papers why publish it and make a fuss out of it Nigeria Eye, as if it's illegal. Mtchwwwwww
DeleteRather APC and Mr Obasanjo. Mr. Know all my ash. If he knows how ugly he looks, he should not allow his face on Newspapers and magazine. They said is a bad shit that often have the most aweful smell.
ReplyDeleteAPC point of correction, not INEC
ReplyDeleteSo is true jega planned to rig election with buhari?, are there no printing company in naija that will do the work, why must it be outside the con3? Jega why?
ReplyDeleteYou foolish pass mumu, go collect the contract nna
DeleteCan u imagine someone still saying APC is planing to Rig election despite humiliation PDP is facing everyday. The Northern Nigerians are following BUHARI, West are castin their Vote for BUHARI even Easterners are shouting Sai BUHARI, Journalist support BUHARI, past leader endorse BUHARI. Then how can BUHARIS would think of Rigging again.
ReplyDeleteSome ppl and their mentality sha!!! Nawao.
some of u are just busy showing off ur ignorances.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance is not just a diseases but an indelible problem........buhari or no buhari, ur status will remain d same, cus u will still come 2 dis page 2 comment. I pitty dis country if d youths have dis kind of ideology and hatred upon themselves all in d Name of politics and 4 d usless old men who doesn,t knw u exist.....I rest ma case......
ReplyDeleteInec said they were ready and Government said Inec was not ready. Now with is , who is saying the truth?. I now confirm that Inec is playing a script to favour the opposition. But by God,s grace the plan shall fail and GEJ will triumph.
ReplyDelete@ anonymous 2:55pm, can you read this well "Although the ballot papers for the presidential elections for several southwest states were seen lying around the premises of the printing company in Essex, a staff at the company, speaking to a correspondent of SaharaReporters, said the firm only had the contract to print some of the ballot papers for Jigawa State". If a company that is meant to print some ballot papers for jigawa state was now seen printing for some south western state, then there are some questions to be answered.
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