Late arrival of materials mars Benue LG poll

There was confusion in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, as voters searched endlessly for where to cast their votes in the ongoing local government election.

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It was learnt that some polling units at the NULGE office, Ankpa quarters, Wadatta, Modern Market, North Bank, and NEPA polling unit along Otukpo road and Barracks road between 10 am and 1:10 pm had no sign of electoral materials and there were no electoral officers or election materials.

Voters claimed that they were asked to move to the ward headquarters to exercise their franchise.

At the NULGE polling unit,  the presiding officer, Enokela Akor said he resumed at the polling unit around 7:30 am waiting for materials but up till 1:12 pm he was yet to get any information.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Richard Tombowua said election was going on in all polling units across the state.

He said, from the report across the state election is going on and there is nothing like centralised polling unit.

Meanwhile, the State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Benjamin Omale said that he had visited seven polling units in Makurdi before 11 am and the election was going on smoothly.

But the newly elected State Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Ezekiel Adaji described the election as ‘rubbish’.

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