There is low turnout of voters at Ijapo Estate in Akure, Ondo State. At the two polling units in Ward 4 where accreditation is ongoing, INEC adhoc staff were seen punching the keypads of their blackberry phones. Olatunde Adebiyi, an adhoc staff, bemoaned the turnout of voters.”I really do not understand why people are not…
Polls Security: Ona Ara Residents Express Fear
Voters in some parts of Ona Ara Local Government Area, Oyo State, have expressed fear over insufficient number of security personnel deployed to some polling units. Most of the polling zones visited by this reporter have only one policeman each attached to a unit while there are no security personnel in some zones. Moshood Saheed,…
Ekiti: Mixed Reactions Trail Alleged Attack on Ojudu
Femi Ojudu, a Senator representing Ekiti Central, has alleged that a group of gunmen attacked his residence along Iworoko road, Ado Ekiti, around 2am on Saturday. “Gunmen attacked my house shooting sporadically, left and came back around 4am but were restricted by some policemen that came after the first attack,” he said. However, Dipo Anisulowo,…
INEC Reclaims Website from Hackers
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reclaimed its website which was hacked and held for over one hour by a group known as Nigeria Cyber Army. The group wrote on the website interface warning INEC not to rig in today’s election or risk facing their wrath as representatives of Nigerian youths. However, down the…
El-Rufai Happy With Performance of Card Readers
Nasir El-Rufai, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Kaduna State, said he is satisfied with the performance of card readers. He has, however, called on INEC to investigate the late arrival of electoral materials at many polling units in Kaduna.
Accreditation Continues in Oyo State
While accreditation continues in most parts of Oyo State, there are reports of faulty card readers in some areas and some INEC officials missing their way around. While these issues are being fixed by INEC, soldiers could be seen manning some major roads in the state. In fact there are more security personnel in Oluyole…
Accreditation Proceeding At Slow Pace in Lagos
At the African Church, College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye area and Unit 6, Haruna, Ifako-Ijaiye, the card readers encountered some challenges. The machine could not capture the finger prints of about six persons but the INEC officials on duty asked them to write their names on the incident list and also said that they would vote as…
Election Materials Yet To Arrive Bourdillon Road
As at 12 noon election materials were yet to arrive at the two polling units on Bourdillon road, Ikoyi, Lagos where the resident of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC is located. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC guideline, accreditation of voters ought to start by 8am and…
Card Readers Malfunction at Obio-Akpor
Only one out of five card readers is working at Ward 9, Unit 7, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, LGA, where Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship, candidate, has just been accredited. A lot of people are waiting on the queue for just one card reader.
Sambo Through With Accreditation
Namadi Sambo, vice president, has just been successfully accredited at the Swimming Pool polling unit, Police College, Kaduna. The process which lasted for less than one minute. He said he is satisfied with d process and called on Nigerians to turn out en mass to vote.
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