As we await the arrival of the scores, we will now take a break and resume at 6:00 p
So we met with security agencies and we’ve decided that voting in these 141 polling units where the materials are actually intact, will take place tomorrow morning
For instance, we couldn’t deploy early in Alawa in Shiroro LGA of Niger State because bandits launched an attack, not necessarily on INEC officials, within the area.
At the polling unit in Queen Amina Street, Phase II, site II (2:2), PW and Police Estate, hundreds of voters were seen as early as 7:30 a.m.
Mr Okoye said that the shortcode was part of INEC Citizens Contact Centre (ICCC) aimed at combating fake news by giving out authentic information to Nigerians.
Mr Tella said parts of the measures implemented to address the security challenges included the identification of security personnel through the use of tags and banning of politicians from moving with
NRC’s spokesman, Mahmood Yakubu, stated that the suspension was to enable Nigerians to exercise their franchise at the presidential and National Assembly elections.
Court has dismissed a suit seeking to stop the forthcoming general elections over the exclusion of eligible Nigerians living abroad.
The U.S. said that it was only interested in a process that would lead to a credible poll, and asked Nigerians to “have confidence in their electoral process.”
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said the affected polling units do not have registered voters.
