2023 KOGI, IMO & BAYELSA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION UPDATES
ADC Guber Candidate Kicks As INEC Postpones Gov, HoA Elections In 10 Lagos Polling Units
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The governorship and house of assembly elections held in Lagos on Saturday.
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However, some areas in the state experienced difficulty in voting.
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The electoral commission subsequently postponed elections in the concerned areas.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje, made the announcement while addressing reporters at the VGC on Saturday afternoon.
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Agbaje stated that corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate as they alleged that they were held hostage during the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, Segun Agbaje addresses reporters on March 18, 2023 (Photo: Channels TV)
The Lagos REC said the commission’s ad hoc staff consequently set up voting materials in front of the estate on Saturday but the estate residents claimed that hoodlums might disrupt the process, so they did not feel secure and could not cast their votes.
He said the situation was difficult for security agents to contain, hence he and his team had to come to the area.
“We have eight polling units here with 6,024 registered voters and out of which 5,624 people have their PVCs,” Agbaje said, adding that two other polling units at the estate’s main gate were also affected.
“Eight here (in the estate) and two outside,” he stated.
“After due consultation and further directive from the national headquarters that we should remobilise here tomorrow (Sunday) morning by 08:30am to conduct the elections.
“By 08:30am tomorrow (Sunday), we will reconvene here.”
Agbaje said the chairman of the security committee of the estate had assured the commission of the safety of corps members and INEC staff as well as the safety of voters.
Some of the polling units affected include PU 032,033, 119 -124.
ADC governorship candidate, Tunde Doherty
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Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Tunde Doherty, whose polling unit is in the VGC scolded INEC for poor arrangement, saying the situation is “unfortunate.”
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