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Voters turnout in Anambra election

Voters turnout in Anambra election

#AnambraDecides2021: Voter’s turnout picking up at polling centres – Election Observers

There were reports of technical hitches as some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed by INEC were not functioning at some polling units.

byCletus Ukpong
November 6, 2021
2 min read

The Convener of the Nigeria Civil Society SituationRoom, Ene Obi, said after the initial confusion and fear over the Anambra governorship election, voters were “trooping out” to the polling centres across the state to cast their vote.

Ms Obi, who was being interviewed by Channels TV at one of the polling centres in the state at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, said the voters’ turnout, so far, has been encouraging.

“I think it’s quite encouraging, everywhere is peaceful. Voters are turning out. I think earlier in the day people were just gauging, now we can see a lot of people trooping out,” she said to the Channels reporter, in a live programme monitored by PREMIUM TIMES.

She, however, said there were reports of technical hitches as some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were not functioning at some polling units.

BVAS is a new introduction by INEC to help eliminate voter’s impersonation in the Anambra election.

Ms Obi said the hitches were later resolved.

She also said some of the polling centres did not receive election materials early.

“I am excited, I am standing here and just watching people trooping in,” Ms Obi said with a smile, as the TV camera captured a crowd of voters at a polling unit.

She appealed to the voters still at home to come and vote for a candidate of their choice.

Nzenwa Nwagwu, another election observer interviewed by Channels, said he was expecting more people to come out and cast their vote by the day.

“It’s early in the day, the time is still a bit stretched. We are expecting that those who went to their farm or something will quickly come out,” he said.

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Mr Nwagwu said there are voters who may be undecided about coming out to vote because of fear of uncertainty.

“Some of them are testing, they are trying to find out – is it holding or is it not holding?

“But I have a sense of fulfilment and gratitude to Ndi Anambra for heeding our calls and defying all the odds that have thrown on their way, to make today a reality,” he said.

Accreditation and voting are still going on in several polling units across the state, while voting in some other units has been slowed because of logistics challenges.

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Cletus Ukpong is PREMIUM TIMES' assistant editor in charge of Nigeria's South-South region. He is a graduate of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Twitter: @CletusUkpong

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