Ahead of the Saturday Edo State governorship election, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the airlift of election materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Benin, Edo State.

According to a press release on Wednesday by Kabiru Ali, Group Captain, Deputy Director Public Relations and Information, NAF, the move is part of a broader effort to ensure timely and secure delivery of sensitive materials necessary for the smooth conduct of the elections.

?The airlift operation demonstrates the collaboration between NAF and INEC, aimed at facilitating logistics and ensuring a peaceful election process in Edo State.

?It may be recalled that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, during a recent meeting with the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, reiterated NAF?s commitment to providing airlift for the swift movement of electoral materials.

?This is in fulfillment of NAF?s constitutional responsibility of providing Military Aid to Civil Authority.? Ali added. (Daily Independent)