Nigeria: 1,388 DDC Machines Stolen in Lagos INEC

26 October 2011

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday raised an alarm over the theft of some Direct Data Capture Machines (DDCMs), Internal Hard Disks (HDDs) and computer batteries in the Central Store of its Lagos State office.

A statement issued in Abuja by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu revealed that 1388 units out of the total number of 9,450 units of DDCMs allocated to Lagos State for the Voter Registration Exercise in January/February, this year have been discovered missing.

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