Following announcement of reschedule of election in 141 polling units in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has conducted the rescheduled presidential, senatorial and House of Representatives elections
The exercise lasted from 10am to 4pm.
Worthy of note is the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced that the election could not hold yesterday February 25, as earlier scheduled in the affected areas because the process was disrupted.
It was maintained that voting process was marred by voter’s apathy, hence hindering the exercise which started at about 11am.
Amarata Primary School field for Ward 06, has five polling units. While Polling Unit 015 had 1152 registered voters, polling units 16, 17, 18, and 19 had 750 registered voters each.
At Okaka School field, Ward 06, polling unit 10 had 750 registered voters. A stakeholder in the area, Hon. Ambrose Kwokor said the election had been peacefully conducted without any rancour among all opposing parties.
He commended the federal and state government for such an enabling environment for a smooth voting exercise. He, however, blamed INEC for voter apathy, claiming that a lot of persons who came out to cast their votes yesterday didn’t return today due to some circumstances.
Since we are not INEC, we await announcement from the election body, which has constituted at Abuja.
