Election officials arrived early for the Gubernatorial and State Assembly Election in Kebbi, as voters turned out massively for the exercise.
Accreditations and voting commenced simultaneously at polling units visited by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi.
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived at most polling stations before 8:30 a.m. with the necessary voting materials, with large numbers of voters in the various polling units.
The Presiding Officer at Garkar Magatakarda Polling Unit, Tudun-Wada Ward in Birnin Kebbi, Malam Ibrahim Usman, said they received the election materials early and were at their station by 8 am.
“We have massive turnout and as you can see more people are trooping in to cast their votes,” Usman said.
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He said there had not been any hitch with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the voters were behaving well.
At Marafa Ward 004, Baiti Liman Poling Unit in Birnin Kebbi, where INEC officials arrived at about 7:30 a.m., accreditation and voting commenced as early as 8 a.m.
Also, accreditation and voting commenced at about 8:15 a.m. at Mai-Alelu Polling Unit in Nasarawa Ward 2, where the governor of the state, Atiku Bagudu is expected to cast his vote.
“We started as early as 8:a.m., we are doing accreditation and voting at the same time.
“We are hoping to see more voters; even though they are many, especially the women, we hope to see more coming to vote,” the INEC official, Malam Mas’ud Aminu, said.
Some voters in Dangaladima 003, Dangaladima Ward and Shehu Zalaka 004, Gorabu and Zoramawa wards expressed pleasure over the early commencement of the election.
At Nasarawa Polling Unit 002 in Nagari College Ward, Birnin Kebbi, election officials commenced accreditation at about 8:30 a.m. amidst an impressive turnout of voters.
NAN
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