Nigeria, June 20 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the distribution of electoral materials to Registration Area Centres for the Ekiti governorship election and the deployment of its officials early on Friday amid heavy security coverage.

At the INEC office in Ado Ekiti LGA headquarters, buses were observed loading materials and moving to their respective areas of assignment.

There are 2,445 polling units spread across the 177 wards in the 16 local government areas of the state.

INEC and the police promised that elections would begin at 8:30 a.m. as stipulated in the guidelines.

Security operatives took strategic positions outside the premises of INEC, while others escorted the vehicles out of the headqu...