A non-governmental organisation, The Truth Platform, has called on  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that only trusted and reliable members of its staff were deployed to conduct Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.

In a statement, the president of the group,Mr  John Osagie, said there were reports that the one of the political parties had gone into an unholy alliance with some disgruntled INEC officials to double-thumb print votes cast by supporters of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN.

The act, Osagie noted, will not only make the affected votes invalid, but will also reduce considerably, the number of votes cast for ACN. The act, he explained, will amount to a sabotage of the will of the people of the state and may result in a break down of law and order.

“As a matter of urgency, we are calling on Professor Atahiru Jega to quickly double check the calibre of INEC staff he is sending to conduct the election in Edo State. They must be men of proven integrity.