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The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) to postpone the July 5th Local Government Elections indefinitely.
KADSIECOM’s Acting chairman, Ibrahim, disclosed this on Friday during a press briefing.
According to Sambo, the postponement was due to non-readiness of sensitive materials, which included batteries of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) which are yet to be delivered from China.
“…the shipment date for the EVM battery from China to Abuja was scheduled for between 1st- 10th July 2021” Sambo said
He added that “charging of the batteries with fixing and sorting of other relevant accessories will take 14 days – from 17th July to 2nd August 2021, respectively. While it will take two days for the distribution of sensitive election materials before the commission propose a possible election date.
This development however did not go down well with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The PDP Secretary in the state Ibrahim Aliyu Wusono accused the commission for doing it deliberately in favour of the ruling APC, which he said appeared not ready for the election as earlier scheduled.