The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the freezing of its accounts.
A Federal High Court in Abuja,
last week, ordered the freezing of its accounts over a N34bn contract.
The Court also ordered the
deduction of over N17 billion from the accounts of the electoral body in favour
of one of its contractors, Beddings Holdings Ltd (BHL).
But the electoral umpire has
assured there is no cause for alarm.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC
chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi told Thisday: “It will not affect the Ekiti
governorship election”.
“The Independent National
Electoral Commission has already taken steps to address the issue. The case is
a recycled one. It is not new.
“But since it is now a matter
before a Federal High Court, I would not want to comment further,” he said.
INEC had said that it would be
making use of 10, 032 officials to conduct the July 14 governorship election in
Ekiti state.
The commission also said
provisionally the total number of registered voters that are expected to
participate in the Ekiti governorship poll is 919, 513.
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