Polls: APC, PDP agents kick after electoral materials arrive Bauchi ward late
Some agents of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, decried the late arrival of INEC officials and materials at Haruna Memorial Primary School ward 029 in the Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi state.
Speaking with journalists, Mouktar Gidado, the PDP observer at the polling unit, said he arrived at the venue precisely at 8:00 a.m. when election materials should have arrived.
“However, I don’t know why the materials arrived at 9:20 a.m., and voting has not yet commenced though the electoral officers are on ground now.
“I want to appeal to INEC that there should be a departure from the late arrival of election materials. It is 9:30 a.m., and voters are still waiting”, he said.
Mr Gidado, also a media aide to Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, said that apart from the late arrival of election materials, everything was going smoothly at the polling unit.
Also speaking, Abdullahi Gidado, the All Progressives Congress (APC) party agent at the polling unit, decried the late arrival of election materials.
He said some voters wanted to return home, but he convinced them to stay.
“We have been waiting since 8:00 a.m., and they arrived at 9:20 a.m. We hope the election will commence soon as they have already set up the polling unit.
“Apart from the fact that INEC officials arrived late, there is no other issue here,” he said.
As of 10:00 a.m., the election had yet to commence at the polling unit.
(NAN)
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