Chris Ezema, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Nsukka Local Government Area and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Desmond Onah expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the by-election.
While the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has no candidate, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) are jostling in Saturday's Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency by-election in Kano State.
Mr Fayemi and his wife, Bisi, cast their votes at exactly 12:12 p.m. at Polling Unit 009, Akpata House, Isan, Ward 11, Oye Local Government Area of the state.
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Before now, Mr Fayose, despite remaining a PDP chieftain, openly broke ranks with his party's traditional stance to endorse APC's candidate and incumbent governor, Mr Oyebanji, for re-election.
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Security operatives deployed to Owa-Onire in Kwara State found no resident in the town.
Mr Bejide accused an unidentified woman of buying votes near his polling unit in Ilawe-Ekiti.
"My appeal to INEC is to urgently ensure that things are working. If the machines are not functioning properly, they should find a way to address the problem immediately. We cannot allow voters to be stranded because of equipment failure," he urged. Drawing a comparison with modern banking technology, Ojudu questioned …
"You should go there and see the army of policemen that are harassing people. They are using false vehicles. I taped them; I have evidence of that, and I will show you when it is appropriate. This is nonsense. "The process is actually useless. People have been here for about one and a half hours, and only five people h…
A minor incident was also recorded during the exercise when a female voter, who had not yet cast her ballot, approached an APC stakeholder to raise a complaint. Although the nature of the complaint could not be immediately confirmed, the party representative assured the voter that the issue would be looked into promptl…
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Funmilayo Afuye lauded voter turnout in the ongoing governorship election, describing it as encouraging.
Party agents were seen asking voters to display their marked ballot papers as proof of voting preference. Rather than distributing cash directly at the polling units, some agents issued numbers to voters after they cast their ballots.
Small-scale business owners around some polling units in Ekiti West Local Government Area are enjoying brisk sales as the Ekiti governorship election progresses.
"Electoral offences attract sanctions. Vote buying, vote selling, ballot box snatching, violence and intimidation, destruction of electoral materials and disorderly conduct at polling units."
"I want to appeal to our people to be patient, because everyone will vote. I have received assurances from INEC that all those who came out will be allowed to vote," he said.
A BVAS machine glitch was also reported across various polling units in Ekiti State on Saturday.