Trouble looms in the Ifako Ijaiye, Ojokoro area of Lagos this morning as agents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, complain that they have been deliberately prevented from monitoring the election by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. For instance, at the African Church Primary School Polling Unit, Ifako Ijaiye Local government area,…
Accreditation Begins in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State
10.04am: A fairly long queue has just been formed for accreditation to start at Ward 9, Unit 7, Obio-Akpor LGA, where gunshots were heard a few minutes ago.
Lagos: Tight Security In INEC Office
There is watertight security in the Lagos State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Saturday morning as the Commission’s collation officers are about to leave for the various registration centers in the state. As at the time of filing this report, the officers who are to collate the votes at the various…
Somolu: Accreditation Commences At Few Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced the accreditation process of registered voters in some polling units in Somolu Local Government Area at about 8.40am. However, with more than one hour after the stipulated time for accreditation, only a few polling units have begun the process. For instance, only one polling unit has commenced…
INEC Officials, Materials Yet To Arrive Most Polling Units In Somolu
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, and voting materials are yet to arrive most polling units in Somolu Local Government Area. Though accreditation of registered voters was supposed to commence by 8am according to INEC, most polling units in Bariga, Akoka and Fola Agoro, have not seen INEC officials, or received voting materials as…
Accreditation Commences in Ibadan
Residents of Ibadan including the aged are trooping out for the election. Many of them had queued up waiting to be accredited by INEC officials who have just arrived. There are long queues at Ward 06 Oke Padre in Ibadan Northweast LGA. Some young boys are playing football on some of the streets in the…
INEC Officials Yet to Arrive at Polling Units in Ojodu
According to INEC, accreditation is meant to start by 8.00am and at 7.59 am, INEC officials are yet to be found at different polling units in Ojodu area, Lagos State. Voters are already sitting at the polling units waiting for the officials to come. Mrs Precious Chinedu, a stylist said she has been in the…
We Are Ready For Elections – Oyo REC
Rufus Akeju, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC,Oyo State has stressed the need for voters to stay behind and have the votes counted in their presence during the March 28 Presidential elections. “This thing is done once in four years.So it is our duty to ensure our votes count,” Akeju said. The commissioner who expressed assurance on…
Enugu INEC Office Besieged
The INEC office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was on Friday besieged by many people who had indicated interest in working as INEC’s ADHOC staff with regard to the 2015 general elections. TELL learnt that, to be chosen to work as INEC staff, many people in the Coal City underwent screening. Having been…
INEC Says All Is Set In Katsina
Calm in Katsina as INEC says all election materials have been deployed to the 34 local councils. The commission said it already distributed 2, 689, 681 PVC out of 2, 790, 339 received . There are 2, 840, 654 registered voters in the state.