Breaking: Anxiety in Asaba, environs over late arrival of materials
Politics:
ASABA-THE ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections, in parts of Asaba and its environs is being marred by late arrival of materials.
Our correspondent who is monitoring the exercise in area, reports that the materials were still being sorted out at Uzoigwe Primary school and Ahaba primary school. However, there is a large turnout of voters in the areas visited.
Some voters spoke to newsmen, expressed anxiety over the delay in the commencement of the exercise. There was large turnout of voters at Uzoigwe Primary School, Ward 09 of Oshimili South Local government area, but officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were still sorting materials for distribution to units at about 9am. Commercial buses however stationed at the school waiting to take materials to the polling units.
A voter who identified herself as Ngozi Okolotu, said materials arrived the ward at about 3.00am but INEC officials failed to commence sorting and distribution immediately. Okolotu said; “Now look at what we have on our hands, people are waiting to exercise their franchise yet INEC is not ready. It is almost 9:am.
We don’t know if this is a ploy to stagger the election”. Two Supervising Officers at the ward, Stella Marris Ogbemuo and Ifeoma Nekua who spoke separately however assured that the exercise would go on smoothly, saying that voting will start as soon as possible. At Asaba Primary School, ward 04, materials were being moved to units under the ward when our correspondent visited at few minutes past 9am. Ad-hoc staff of INEC mostly corps members were seen setting up their respective cubicles in preparation for the voting.
ASABA-THE ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections, in parts of Asaba and its environs is being marred by late arrival of materials.
Our correspondent who is monitoring the exercise in area, reports that the materials were still being sorted out at Uzoigwe Primary school and Ahaba primary school. However, there is a large turnout of voters in the areas visited.
Some voters spoke to newsmen, expressed anxiety over the delay in the commencement of the exercise. There was large turnout of voters at Uzoigwe Primary School, Ward 09 of Oshimili South Local government area, but officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were still sorting materials for distribution to units at about 9am. Commercial buses however stationed at the school waiting to take materials to the polling units.
A voter who identified herself as Ngozi Okolotu, said materials arrived the ward at about 3.00am but INEC officials failed to commence sorting and distribution immediately. Okolotu said; “Now look at what we have on our hands, people are waiting to exercise their franchise yet INEC is not ready. It is almost 9:am.
We don’t know if this is a ploy to stagger the election”. Two Supervising Officers at the ward, Stella Marris Ogbemuo and Ifeoma Nekua who spoke separately however assured that the exercise would go on smoothly, saying that voting will start as soon as possible. At Asaba Primary School, ward 04, materials were being moved to units under the ward when our correspondent visited at few minutes past 9am. Ad-hoc staff of INEC mostly corps members were seen setting up their respective cubicles in preparation for the voting.
The election should be free and fair
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