Accreditation commenced early in some polling units in Saturday’s senatorial rerun election in Benue South with voters turning out for the exercise.
DAILY POST reports that the exercise started smoothly at Olempe polling unit, Olaochagba ward of Ogbadibo Local Government Area, LGA.
Ogbadibo is the home LGA of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Dan Onjeh.
At Ija Uloko polling unit in Itabono ward 1, Ogbadibo LGA, no PDP agent was on ground as at the time of this filing. The process is already on with only an APC agent is seen around.
As at 9 am on Saturday, electoral materials were yet to arrive Otukpo club, V I P BasketBall court, the polling unit of former Senate President and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, David Mark.
At Igbanonmaje unit, accreditation is going on smoothly.
In Oju LGA, report has it that the whole sensitive materials for Owo ward have been abandoned in Makurdi.
The Ogiri Oko polling unit in Otukpo is becoming very rowdy and gradually resulting to unrest due to the allegation that the INEC ad hoc staff may have been compromised as they are alleged to be taking orders from a particular party agent.
In Opialu unit, Okpokwu LG, election materials have not yet arrived and the people are waiting.
At Ojecho playing ground, in Apa LG, accreditation and voting are going on smoothly and simultaneously too. Orderliness is maintained and the machines are working fine too.
At Odele polling unit in Idekpa ward, voting going on smoothly.
In Atakpa primary school , Ochigbudu ward of Agatu, accreditation and voting are going on smoothly and simultaneously too.
DAILY POST reports that the presence of the security operatives in polling units visited is helping to give credence to the exercise.
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