Voting Material On Wet Floor In Edo, As Citizens Stock Up Ahead Of Election In Awka Anambra State

Against the reports that Nigeria’s electoral commission (Inec) has reassured Nigerians that everything is ready for successful presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, with all the election materials in place.

In one local government area in Edo state, in the south of the country, BBC reporter, Onyinye Chime has spotted that boxes full of result collation sheets and ballot papers were left on damp ground after heavy rains.

She says that the boxes at the bottom are damp, but the local election authorities insist that everything is fine as there is a roof over the boxes.

Meanwhile, Ekeoka market in Awka, the

main city of Nig

eria’s Anambra state, has been busy as people stock up ahead of Saturday’s

elections.

Everything will be closed and there will be no transport.

People are expected to either stay at home or go and vote.

BBC’s Chioma Obianinwa has been taking pictures of the activity at the market, including the woman selling cow skin or ponmo.

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