Breaking: Inec card reader stolen.

Reports reaching us say that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lost a card reader during a training routine for its ad-hoc staff in Zamfara state.

Card readers were tested in several states across the nation on March 7, 2015 to great success. Photo: Premium Times

The training was taking place in Anka local government area when the card reader was lost, an official has confirmed.

Alhaji Garba Galadima, the INEC head of voter education and publicity in the state, who confirmed the incident on Sunday in Gusau, said security agents were investigating the matterVanguard reports that the police public relations officer in the state, DSP Sunusi Amiru, said the police had already arrested some suspects in connection with the stolen machine. He said an investigation had also started to unravel the circumstances behind the missing machine.

Amiru expressed the command’s readiness to ensure peaceful elections in the state, saying that “we will not tolerate any threat to disrupt election process and we have to ensure full protection of INEC materials”. He called on members of the public to cooperate with security agents and the INEC to ensure successful elections.