Caritas Nigeria expresses concern over disenfranchisement
By Bridget Ikyado
Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria has expressed concern over the disenfranchisement of voters due to the late arrival of both sensitive and non-sensitive materials in some polling units across the county.
According to Caritas Nigeria and The Justice Development Peace Commission (JDPC), INEC ad-hoc and regular staff were not present at their assigned polling units as scheduled.
The Chief Executive Officer of Caritas Nigeria, Rev. Fr Uchechukwu Obodoechina, while speaking at the 2023 General Election Situation Room Preliminary Report in Abuja, said both officials and materials were mostly not present at least by 8.30 am.
"There are reports signaling sabotage as some state officials made the arrival of materials difficult.
"For instance, in Kogi State (N...