The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the airlift of
electoral materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
across the country for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
A statement yesterday from Air force spokesperson Air
Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said the airlift which started on 11 February,
includes day and night missions, during which both sensitive and non-sensitive
electoral materials were conveyed in batches.
The NAF C-130 Hercules aircraft will ferry the materials
from the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja to various airports across
the country.
He said 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 noted that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, during his meeting with Air Officers Commanding (AOCs) and
NAF Field Commanders on 1 February 2019, had expressed the readiness of the NAF
to avail INEC its transport aircraft to enable expeditious movement of
electoral materials, as done in the past.
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