Saturday, 9 January 2016

Accreditation, Voting On-going In Bayelsa State

Accreditation and voting on-going in the Bayelsa State supplementary governorship election.



Election materials arrived early at some polling units in Yenagoa, other areas such as Southern Ijaw, the materials got to some polling units late, according to Channel Television reporter.
120, 827 registered voters are expected to participate in the re-run poll with voting taking place in 425 polling units in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, where the first round of election was cancelled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Thirty-eight thousand registered voters in 102 polling units across six Local Government Areas such as Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe, Sagbama, Yenagoa and Ogbia will also participate to conclude the governorship election which commenced on Saturday, December 5, 2015.
The election was cancelled in these areas due to violence, ballot box snatching, stuffing, and harassment of electoral officials.