Abraham Gado, a resident of Gwagwalada, stated that transportation fare to Area 1 from Gwagwalada, previously N400, now is N1,000.
“It seems that the new notes are being hoarded.
A witness told journalists that voting was already in progress when some thugs on motorcycles stormed the venue with dangerous weapons and scattered the ballot boxes.
The officers are to manage traffic in every part of the FCT to ensure free movement of election materials as well as those on essential duties.
The farmers, all in their twenties, are accused of conspiring to kidnap one Fatima Bello on January 8.
The police command in the FCT, in collaboration with other security agencies, has inaugurated the second phase of ‘Operation G-7’.
Mr Bello added that the PVCs of FCT residents were already at the Area Council Offices, and were being sorted and arranged according to polling units for easy and hitch free collection.
A 26-year-old businessman, Yusuf Mahmud, was arraigned before Grade I Area Court, Gwagwalada, Abuja, for assisting a suspect to escape.
A 22-year-old man, Michael Chindo, was arraigned in the Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, for housebreaking and threatening his neighbour with a knife.
