The Presidential and National Assembly Elections kicked off as scheduled today with unprecedented voter turnout across the country but the late arrival of materials in some areas.
Reports show late voting, In Abuja, some polling units started voting as late as 10 am while the voters were mobilized as early as 6 am.
In some voting areas in Anambra, some South Eastern states, and some areas in Lagos the materials arrived late. At the polling station of the Director General of the World Trade Centre in Isingwu Umuahia, Materials had not arrived by 11.00am, and no INEC official was on hand.
Some voters were also finding it difficult to locate their polling units as INEC rejigged some centers without prior information to the voters.
In Federal Housing Estate, Nyanya in FCT, the Labour Party agent insisted on being shown the accredited result to avoid over-voting. The NYSC electoral office tried to resist but was overwhelmed by the voters who sided with the agent. 750 voters were registered to vote in the unit and they had 700 electoral materials because 100 voters did not collect their PVCs.
In the North, security operatives battle agents with cash to buy votes. In Abuja, it was a free fight as agents of a political party fight over money in a hotel.
In Lagos, the same logistics challenge was reported in some areas.
Meanwhile the Presidential candidates of three major political parties, Peter Obi, LP, Atiku Abubakar, PDP, Bola Tinubu, APC, have voted, with their spouses at their polling Units.
