The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the airlift of electoral materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in preparation for the Edo State Governorship Election 2024.
NAF’s Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.
The airlifting of the election materials follows the earlier commitment made by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, during a recent meeting with INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, where the CAS had reiterated NAF’s readiness to provide INEC with transport aircraft to facilitate the swift movement of election materials, as has been done in the past.
“This airlift therefore demonstrates the NAF’s commitment to fulfilling its constitutional role of providing military aid to civil authority”, the statement said.
