The Nigerian Air Force has
commenced the airlift of electoral materials for the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country ahead of the general elections.
The exercise which started on
Monday, February 11, 2019, is to be carried out both day and night with NAF
C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja to
various airports across the country.
In a statement issued on Tuesday,
the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola,
explained that both sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials were being
conveyed in batches.
“The materials were duly
delivered by the C-130H aircraft crew to teams of INEC and Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) officials together with security personnel waiting at the various
airports,” he explained in the statement.
According to Daramola, this was
in keeping with the promise by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, during his meeting with Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and
NAF Field Commanders on February 1, 2019, to avail INEC its transport aircraft
for the expeditious movement of electoral materials.
“It is pertinent to state that
the transport aircraft are deployed solely to provide airlift support to meet
INEC’s logistics requirements, in fulfilment of NAF’s constitutional role of
providing Military Aid to Civil Authority,” he added.
The general elections are billed
to commence on Saturday, February 16, 2019 beginning with the Presidential and
National Assembly Polls, to be followed by the Governorship and Houses of
Assembly on March 2, 2019.
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