The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room is made up of over 70 civil society groups taking part in monitoring the Edo State governorship election.
Addressing journalists in Benin City, the Convener, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, said election observers had been deployed for today’s election across the 18 local government areas of the state.
Pointing out that INEC had declared its readiness for the election, Nwankwo said the Situation Room would hold the electoral umpire accountable for its state of preparedness.
He explained that the group would look out for INEC’s early distribution and deployment of personnel; timely opening of poll; knowledge of procedures by personnel; voting procedures particularly the efficacy of the Smart Card Readers; and the Collation process, which he said had always been a concern for the Situation Room, will be a special area of focus especially the transparency of the process.
Nwankwo while describing the security arrangement for the election as “really very positive”, however said Situation Room’s observation of the performance of the security agencies will include the exercise of restraint in dealing with voters and avoidance of acts of intimidation, inappropriate use of force, and other acts capable of undermining the electoral process. Among other aspects, the Situation Room will observe actual presence and deployment of personnel reflective of the 25,000 personnel said to have been deployed by the security agencies for the election; and that security personnel are well catered for before, during and after the election.
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