An unknown number of voters were detained in an emergency cell in Ogboko, hometown of Governor Rochas Okorocha in Ideato South Local Government Area of the state as elections proceeded on Saturday. Voting went on normally in the area but Okorocha complained that “they have arrested innocent citizens who have registered here for frivolous allegations.”…
Results Are Being Collated – Ondo REC
Olusegun Agbaje, the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, on Sunday said the results of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections were not ready as collation of results is still ongoing at the 18 local governments in the state. While addressing journalists at the INEC headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, Agbaje, who said he had…
Voting Continues in Rivers on Sunday
Voting continues today in some parts of Rivers State where the exercise did not take take place at all on Saturday or where it was disrupted due to violence. The APC in the state has called for the outright cancellation of the election. APC Governorship candidate Dakuku Peterside, state APC chairman and many of the…
Lagos INEC Shifts Voting in 5 LGs
The resident electoral commissioner, REC, Lagos State, Mr. Orebiyi, has announced that the commission will hold elections in Kosofe, Alimosho, Shomolu, Eti-Osa and Oshodi/Isolo local government area of the state tomorrow, Sunday March 29, 2015. This is because the exercise could not be conducted in some polling units in the those LGAs on Saturday, March…
Confusion Reigns in Kogi
Many voters in Kogi State were thrown into confusion. They initially thought they were coming out for only the presidential election, but realised they had to vote for the Senate and House of Representative elections.
INEC: Low Turnout, Poor Preparation Affect Election
Turnout in some areas of Lagos was considerably low. At Unit 028, Ajiboye Street, Alapere, Ketu, only 150 voters were accredited out of the 803 that registered. About 20 voters whose fingerprints could not be captured were accredited manually. But at Unit 133, Agboyi-Ketu, there were no elections, as INEC officials were not present. Shehu…
INEC Extends Voting Time
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has extended the voting time till tomorrow Sunday March 29, to accommodate voters who could not vote today because of the challenge with the card readers. Chris Iyimoga, INEC commissioner for Information on voter education announced this in Abuja on behalf of the Commission. Though he said he could…
Inconclusive Accreditation in Eleme
Accreditation was incomplete in Eleme Local Government Area, LGA, and voting did not take place in most of the polling units due to disruption by some party agents who insisted that voting will take place unless they see the result sheets. It was for this same reason that Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers State, did…
Lagos: Card Reader Performance Flaws Election
The Presidential and National Assembly elections held today have been flawed by poor Smart Card Reader, SCR performance in Lagos State. Briefing journalists on update of the elections at about 4pm today, Akin Orebiyi, Lagos Resident Electoral Commissioner asked his team to use manual verification process as alternative in cases where the Smart Card Readers,…
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