Yakubu made this known while responding to questions at an ongoing election dialogue, ‘The Electorate’, organized by Enough is Enough on Saturday in Abuja.
Yakubu also specifically noted that beginning with the Ekiti State Governorship election, INEC will not keep its sensitive materials with the CBN.
He said that the decision by INEC is to guarantee that electoral materials that are to be used for the elections are not compromised.
In May, INEC Chairman held a consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, where he hinted at the possibility of moving sensitive electoral materials from CBN to another location.
Yakubu gave this hint while responding to questions on the political ambition of the CBN governor.
According to him, “there is a case in court. We have been invited to state our side of the story. We usually refrain from talking about such issues because there is essentially subjudiced,” he said.
“But we are already started talking about what alternatives are available to us in case we need to change the arrangements for the handling of sensitive materials. We have started thinking about it. We will watch the situation. We still have 9 months before the next general elections,” Yakubu stated.
- Several individuals and interest groups have raised serious concern about the sanctity of elections materials kept with the CBN, after stories about the CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, indicating interest to contest for the country’s presidential seat hit the airwaves in recent months.