As the people of Ondo State cast their votes to elect their new governor today, a speed boat conveying INEC Ad-Hoc staff and election materials to Ilaje communities has reportedly capsized.
It was gathered that the incident which occurred on Friday, reportedly damaged ballots and other election materials for some polling units in Ilaje local government.
However, reports indicated that the INEC ADHOC staff had been rescued.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus Okoye, said there was no casualty, and no electoral material was damaged.
According to him, the incident happened on Friday at about 7 p.m.
He said, “One of the boats carrying some of the ad-hoc staff took off from the jetty at Igbokada and capsized on their way to Ilaje.
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“All the ad hoc staff were rescued by the escort naval officers and they proceeded and all of them are in good health and we did not lose any staff or material.”
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