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  • INEC takes delivery of sensitive materials from CBN in Lagos

    INEC takes delivery of sensitive materials from CBN in Lagos

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Thursday took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

    INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, told newsmen that the commission was fully prepared for the election.

    Salami said: “We have taken delivery of the sensitive materials today. We are in the last phase of the process of the by-election.

    “We have taken the ballot papers and the results sheet for Saturday by-election. It is clear to everyone that we are ready for the election.”

    He said that the commission had invited representatives of political parties and security agencies to witness the exercise for openness.

    According to him, the sensitive materials are secure and intact for every stakeholder to see the transparency of the commission.

    Salami, who noted that INEC was ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections on Saturday, called for the cooperation and support of stakeholders.

    He noted that the onward distribution of the materials from the state headquarters to the six wards and 258 polling units that made up the Surulere Federal Constituency I would begin on Friday.

    12 candidates of different political parties would be contesting in the Feb. 3 election.

    The seat became vacant due to the resignation of the former occupant, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, who after winning, was appointed by President Bola Tinubu as his Chief of Staff.

  • Lagos lawmaker, Elliot tenders apology for referring to Lagos Youths as ‘Children’

    Lagos lawmaker, Elliot tenders apology for referring to Lagos Youths as ‘Children’

    Actor cum politician, Desmond Elliot has again tendered a public apology for making insensitive comments about the youths during the 2020 Endsars protest in the country.

    The Lagos Assembly Lawmaker representing the Surulere I constituency at the State legislature was berated on social media for referring to the youths of the country as his children for getting involved  in the Endsars protest while pushing for social media regulation on the floor of the house.

    However, in a swift response, Elliot had in October 2020 issued a statement in which he apologised to those whose toes he stepped on with his comments.

    Elliot clarified the statement recently, while featuring on a TV  programme your View  on TVC, where he explained that he wasn’t referring to all youths on social media as children but those who were cursing Lagos House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.

    He said: “What I can say is, I think forgiveness is divine. I mean, no one owns it all. Something can be your truth, and to another person, it might not be. I do not think going back to bring out those sensitive moments would do anything.

    “I think at the end of the day, I apologised, and I’m still apologising to those who must have misconstrued what I said. I said I was taken by emotions, but in the end, it still didn’t take away from the fact that the hatred was too much. The polity, the hatred is too much. We are all built on love. We can change things through love.”